Neil Rautenbach
| Date of birth | 17 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb; 216 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Paarl Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neil Rautenbach (born 17 May 1991 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African-born rugby union player, who most recently played with Template:Rut Western Province.[1] His regular position is hooker.
Career
Youth and Varsity Cup rugby
He represented Western Province at high school level, playing for their Under-16 side at the Grant Khomo Week in 2007 and for their Under-18 Craven Week side in 2009. He joined their academy and played for the Template:Rut Western Province U19 side in the 2010 Under-19 Provincial Championship and for the Template:Rut Western Province U21 side in the 2011 and 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championships.
He also played Varsity Cup rugby for the Template:Rut UCT Ikey Tigers since 2011, winning the competition with them twice in 2011 (during which he made just one appearance, but was named on the bench for the final)[2] and 2014, when he made nine appearances and played the first 72 of the final as they secured a dramatic 39–33 comeback victory.[3]
Western Province
He made his first class debut in the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition, starting their Quarter Final match against the Template:Rut Pumas in Nelspruit. That turned out to be his only appearance in the competition, as Template:Rut Western Province lost 13–8.[4]
He was included in their squad for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division and named on the bench for their Round Two clash against the Template:Rut Blue Bulls.[5]
Free State Cheetahs
Rautenbach signed a contract to join the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs from 1 July 2015.[6]
Representative rugby
In October 2014, Rautenbach was called up to the Namibian national team for the first time prior to their end-of-year tour to Europe.[7]
References
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Neil Rautenbach". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Tuks 16–26 UCT". South African Rugby Union. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB NWU-PUKKE 33–39 FNB UCT 1ST XV". South African Rugby Union. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Steval Pumas 13–8 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Just one change for DHL WP v Bulls" (Press release). Western Province. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "WP-haker, OP-stut word Cheetahs" (in Afrikaans). Netwerk24. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "Namibia call up WP, Cheetahs stars". Rugby365. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.