Jean Droste

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Jean Droste
Date of birth (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birthPretoria, South Africa
Height2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb)
SchoolAfrikaanse Hoër Seunskool
UniversityUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock / Flanker
Current team Template:Rut Sharks / Template:Rut Sharks XV / Kubota Spears
Youth career
2007–2014 Template:Rut Blue Bulls
2015 Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup)
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016 Template:Rut UKZN Impi (5)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–present Template:Rut Sharks XV 14 (0)
2016–2017 Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup) 14 (0)
2017–present Template:Rut Sharks 3 (0)
2018–present Kubota Spears 0 (0)
Correct as of 30 May 2018

Jean Droste (born 21 January 1994) is a South African rugby union player for the Template:Rut Sharks in Super Rugby, the Template:Rut Sharks XV in the Rugby Challenge and Kubota Spears in the Japanese Top League.[1] His regular position is lock, but he can also play as a flanker.

Rugby career

2007–2014 : Youth rugby / Blue Bulls

Droste was born in Pretoria. He was selected to represent the Pretoria-based Template:Rut Blue Bulls as early as primary school level, when he played for them at the 2007 Under-13 Craven Week. He didn't win any call-ups at high school level, but joined the Blue Bulls academy after finishing school.

He made nine starts and two appearances as a replacement in the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U19s' Under-19 Provincial Championship campaign in 2013, appearing both as a lock and a flanker. He scored tries in home victories over Template:Rut Golden Lions U19[2] and Template:Rut Leopards U19[3] as the Blue Bulls won all twelve of their matches during the regular season to finish top of the log,[4] before beating the Leopards in the semi-final[5] and the Golden Lions in the final[6] to secure the title.

He found his involvement more limited for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U21s in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship, making just one start and three appearances off the bench. One of those were in their 23–19 semi-final win over the Template:Rut Golden Lions U21s,[7] but he didn't feature in the final, in which the Blue Bulls beat Template:Rut Western Province U21 20–10 in Cape Town.[8]

2015–present : Sharks and UKZN Impi

Droste moved to Durban for the 2015 to join the Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup). He made his first class debut in May 2015, starting the Template:Rut Sharks XV's Vodacom Cup match against the Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings in Port Elizabeth,[9] his only appearance in the competition.

He made seven appearances for the Template:Rut Sharks U21 in the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship, as the team finished in third place to qualify for the title play-offs,[10] coming on as a replacement in their semi-final defeat to the Template:Rut Free State U21s.[11]

At the start of 2016, Droste played some Varsity Shield rugby for Template:Rut UKZN Impi. He started seven of eight matches, scoring a try in a 63–30 victory over Template:Rut TUT Vikings.[12] His team won seven of their eight matches and would have finished joint-top of the log with Template:Rut Wits,[13] but they had 12 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player, therefore missing out on the title play-offs and a shot at promotion to the Varsity Cup.[14]

He made three more first class appearances for the Template:Rut Sharks XV in July 2016 during the Currie Cup qualification series, as they finished in tenth place on the log.[15] He was also included in the Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup) squad for the Currie Cup Premier Division, and he made his debut at that level in a 27–34 defeat to Template:Rut Western Province in Round Five of the competition.[16] He was an unused replacement against the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs,[17] but made a second appearance in their 53–0 victory over the Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings.[18] Despite being in the top two on the log for the majority of the series, a defeat to the Template:Rut Golden Lions in the final round of the season[19] saw the Sharks drop out of the top four altogether, finishing in fifth place and missing out on a semi-final spot.[20]

At the end of October 2016, Droste was included in the Template:Rut Sharks Super Rugby squad for the 2017 season.[21]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Jean Droste". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 15–12 MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  3. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 48–12 Leopards". South African Rugby Union. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Log – 2013 Absa Under 19 Competition". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  5. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 37–21 Leopards". South African Rugby Union. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  6. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – MTN Golden Lions 23–35 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  7. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls U21 23–19 Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  8. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Western Province U21 10–20 Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  9. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – EP Kings 23–8 Cell C Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  10. ^ "SA Rugby Log – 2015 Absa Under 21 Competition". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  11. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Free State U21 27–22 Sharks U21". South African Rugby Union. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  12. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB TUT 30–63 FNB UKZN". South African Rugby Union. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  13. ^ "SA Rugby Log – 2016 FNB Varsity Shield presented by Steinhoff International". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  14. ^ "FNB UKZN docked points in the Varsity Shield" (Press release). Varsity Cup. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016. {{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "SA Rugby Log – 2016 Currie Cup Qualifying". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  16. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 34–27 Cell C Sharks". South African Rugby Union. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  17. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Cell C Sharks 30–38 Toyota Free State Cheetahs". South African Rugby Union. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  18. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Cell C Sharks 53–0 Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  19. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Xerox Golden Lions 28–16 Cell C Sharks". South African Rugby Union. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  20. ^ "SA Rugby Log – 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  21. ^ "Pre-season training squad announcement" (Press release). Sharks. 31 October 2016. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016. {{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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