Henri Boshoff
| Full name | Henri Bossau Boshoff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 February 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nelspruit, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 111 kg (17 st 7 lb; 245 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hoërskool Nelspruit, Nelspruit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Johannesburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henri Bossau Boshoff (born 8 February 1992 in Nelspruit, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with Currie Cup side the Template:Rut Falcons.[1] His regular position is loosehead prop.
Career
Pumas
Born and bred in Nelspruit, which falls within the Mpumalanga Rugby Union, Boshoff was selected to represent their Template:Rut Pumas side at various youth levels. As early as primary school level, he was selected in their Under-13 side that played at the Craven Week in 2005. Three years later, he represented them at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and in 2010, he played for them in the premier high school rugby union competition in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week held in Welkom.
Golden Lions / UJ
After school, he made the move to Johannesburg to join the Template:Rut Golden Lions academy. He appeared in all fourteen of the Template:Rut Golden Lions U19s matches during the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship, starting twelve of those, and also scored a try in their match against Gauteng rivals Template:Rut Blue Bulls.[2] They finished the regular season in second place on the log to qualify for the title play-offs; Boshoff started in both the 32–27 semi-final win against Template:Rut Western Province U19[3] and the final, where they won the title by beating the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U19s 20–19 in Johannesburg.[4]
Boshoff was included in the Template:Rut Golden Lions squad for the 2012 Vodacom Cup competition, but failed to make an appearance. In the second half of 2012, he played twice for the Template:Rut Golden Lions U21 side in the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship, as they reached the semi-finals of the competition.
He was once again included in their Vodacom Cup squad in 2013 and made his first class debut for them on 15 March 2013, starting in a 22–27 defeat to neighbours the Template:Rut Falcons in Kempton Park. Boshoff had an eventful debut; he took just 34 minutes to score his first senior try (putting them 12–7 up at the time), but also received a yellow card in the second half of the match.[5] He started one more match in the competition, a 19–30 defeat to the Template:Rut Griffons in Johannesburg.[6] He was included in Template:Rut UJ's squad for the 2013 Varsity Cup, but didn't appear in that competition. He made a further seven appearances for the Template:Rut Golden Lions U21 side during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship; he scored one try for them early on in the campaign against the Template:Rut Sharks U21[7] as they once again reached the play-offs. For the second season in a row, Boshoff's side was eliminated in the semi-finals, this time losing 41–44 to Template:Rut Western Province after extra time,[8] in Boshoff last appearance in a Golden Lions shirt.
UKZN Impi
In 2014, Boshoff moved joined KwaZulu-Natal university side Template:Rut UKZN Impi for the 2014 Varsity Shield competition. He was their first-choice loosehead prop during the competition, playing in all nine of their matches during the competition. He contributed one try – a first-minute try against Template:Rut UWC in a Round Four match in Cape Town[9] – and helped them to finish second in the log to qualify for the final. He played in the final, but ended on the losing side, with Template:Rut CUT Ixias winning the match 35–26 to clinch their second consecutive title.[10]
Boland Cavaliers
He was once again included in the Template:Rut UKZN Impi squad for the 2015 Varsity Shield, but he failed to make any appearances, instead making the move to Wellington, Western Cape to join the Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers prior to the 2015 Vodacom Cup competition. He immediately established himself in the side, starting their first match of the season, a 10–25 defeat to Western Cape rivals Template:Rut Western Province in Caledon.[11]
Kelso
After five appearances for Boland Cavaliers, Boshoff moved to Scotland, where he joined side Kelso.[12]
References
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Henri Boshoff". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Lions 25–37 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Lions 32–27 Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Lions 20–19 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Valke 27–22 MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Down Touch Griffons 30–19 MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – The Sharks U21 17–24 MTN Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 44–41 MTN Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB UWC 24–33 FNB UKZN". South African Rugby Union. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB CUT 35–26 FNB UKZN". South African Rugby Union. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Boland Cavaliers 10–25 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "Oud-Stormer puik in Sarries-wegholsege". Pale Toe! (in Afrikaans). 14 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.