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Ox Nché
Full nameRetshegofaditswe Nché
Date of birth (1995-07-23) 23 July 1995 (age 29)
Place of birthBloemfontein, South Africa
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 243 lb)
SchoolHTS Louis Botha
UniversityUniversity of the Free State
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Template:Rut Cheetahs / Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs / Template:Rut Free State XV
Youth career
2011–2016 Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–2016 Template:Rut UFS Shimlas (0)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–present Template:Rut Cheetahs 51 (25)
2016–present Template:Rut Free State XV 5 (5)
2016–present Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs 19 (10)
Correct as of 22 September 2018
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012–2013 South Africa Schools 3 (0)
2015 South Africa Under-20 5 (5)
2017 South Africa 'A' 2 (5)
2018 South Africa 1 (0)
Correct as of 3 June 2018

Retshegofaditswe 'Tshego' Nché – more commonly referred to as Ox Nché – (born 23 July 1995 in Bloemfontein, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for the Template:Rut Cheetahs in the Pro14, the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup and the Template:Rut Free State XV in the Rugby Challenge.[1] His regular position is prop.

Career

Youth (2011–14)

Nché first earned provincial selection in 2011, when he was included in the Free State squad that participated at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in Queenstown.

In 2012, he represented Free State at the premier high school rugby union competition in South Africa – the Under-18 Craven Week competition – held in Port Elizabeth, starting all three of Free State's matches, despite still being in the Under-17 age-group. After the tournament, he was selected in a South African Schools squad that played against France,[2] Wales[3] and England.[4] He was an unused substitute in the first two matches, but started the match against England.

He once again played in all three of Free State's matches at the 2013 Under-18 Craven Week competition held in Polokwane, scoring a try in their opening match against Eastern Province.[5] He was once again included in the South African Schools side in 2013, this time starting two matches against England[6] and Wales.[7] He also made three appearances for the Template:Rut Free State U19s during the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship.

He was a key player for the Template:Rut Free State U19 team in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship, starting all thirteen of their matches in the competition as his side finished second on the log before losing 22–29 to eventual champions Template:Rut Western Province U19 in the semi-finals.[8] Nché scored three tries during the round-robin stage of the competition, scoring in their matches against Western Province U19,[9] Template:Rut Eastern Province U19[10] and Template:Rut Golden Lions U19.[11]

Varsity Cup and S.A. Under-20 (2015–)

In 2015, Nché was named in the Template:Rut UFS Shimlas squad for the 2015 Varsity Cup competition. He started the competition as a reserve, playing off the bench on five occasions before being named in the starting line-up for the first time in their final regular season match against Template:Rut NWU Pukke. He retained his starting spot for their 21–10 victory over defending champions Template:Rut UCT Ikey Tigers in the semi-final[12] and also started the final, helping UFS Shimlas to a 63–33 victory against NWU Pukke to win the competition for the first time in their history.[13]

Nché was named in a 37-man South Africa Under-20 training squad[14] and played for them in a 31–24 victory in a friendly match against a Varsity Cup Dream Team that was named at the conclusion of the 2015 Varsity Cup competition.[15] He was then named in their squad to tour Argentina for a two-match series as preparation for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[16] He started their 25–22 victory over Argentina in the first match,[17] but did not feature in their 39–28 win in the second match four days later.[18]

Upon the team's return, he was named in the final squad for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[19] He started all three of their matches in Pool B of the competition; a 33–5 win against hosts Italy,[20] a 40–8 win against Samoa[21] and a 46–13 win over Australia.[22] Nché scored one of six tries in their match against Australia to help South Africa finish top of Pool B to qualify for the semi-finals with the best record pool stage of all the teams in the competition. Nché started their semi-final match against England, but could not prevent them losing 20–28 to be eliminated from the competition by England for the second year in succession.[23] He started their third-place play-off match against France, helping South Africa to a 31–18 win to win the bronze medal.[24]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Ox Nché". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 17–7 France". South African Rugby Union. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  3. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 24–16 Wales". South African Rugby Union. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 36–29 England". South African Rugby Union. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  5. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Eastern Province 21–32 Free State". South African Rugby Union. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  6. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 19–14 England". South African Rugby Union. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  7. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 14–13 Wales". South African Rugby Union. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  8. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Free State U19 22–29 Western Province U19". South African Rugby Union. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  9. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – WP U19 50–26 Free State U19". South African Rugby Union. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  10. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – EP Kings U19 17–13 Free State U19". South African Rugby Union. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  11. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Free State U19 34–0 Golden Lions U19". South African Rugby Union. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  12. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB UFS SHIMLAS 21–10 FNB UCT". South African Rugby Union. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  13. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB UFS SHIMLAS 63–33 FNB NWU-PUKKE". South African Rugby Union. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  14. ^ "SARU names large group for Junior Bok trials". South African Rugby Union. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  15. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Varsity Cup XV 24–31 South Africa U/20". South African Rugby Union. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  16. ^ "SARU names Junior Bok squad for Argentine tour". South African Rugby Union. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  17. ^ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 25 a 22". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 39 a 28". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 16 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "Liebenberg to lead Junior Boks at U20 World Championship in Italy". South African Rugby Union. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  20. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Italy U20 5–33 South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  21. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 40–8 Samoa U20". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  22. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 46–13 Australia U20". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  23. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 20–28 England U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  24. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – France U20 18–31 South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.

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