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Percy Williams (rugby union)

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Percy Williams
Full nameKurshwill Williams
Date of birth (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 31)
Place of birthGeorge, South Africa
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight70 kg (11 st 0 lb; 154 lb)
SchoolOudtshoorn High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Raiders
Youth career
2006–2011 SWD Eagles
2012–2013 Golden Lions
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–2016 NWU Pukke 6 (0)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013 Golden Lions XV 3 (0)
2014–2016 Leopards 7 (0)
2015 Leopards XV 5 (5)
2013–2016 Total 15 (5)
Correct as of 23 July 2016
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011 South Africa Schools 1 (0)
2013 South Africa Under-20 1 (0)
Correct as of 19 June 2013

Kurshwill 'Percy' Williams (born 5 June 1993 in George) is a South African rugby union player, that played first class rugby union between 2013 and 2016, playing for the Golden Lions and the Leopards.[1][2] His regular position is scrum-half.

Career

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Youth

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He played for the SWD Eagles at the Under-13 Craven Week tournament in 2006, at the 2009 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2009 and the Under-18 Craven Week in 2011, which also led to his inclusion in the South African Schools squad in the same year. The joined the Johannesburg-based Golden Lions team in 2012 and represented them in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition.

Golden Lions

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He made his senior debut for the Golden Lions during the 2013 Vodacom Cup, when he started the match against the Falcons.[3] A further two appearances followed that season.

Leopards

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He joined near-rivals Leopards prior to the 2014 Vodacom Cup season.[4]

He was a member of the Leopards team that won the 2015 Currie Cup First Division.[5] He featured in two matches during the competition and played off the bench in the final, where he helped the Leopards to a 44–20 victory over the SWD Eagles to win the competition for the first time in their history.

Representative rugby

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He was included in a South African Schools side in 2011 and the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Percy Williams". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Scoresway Player Profile Percy Williams". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  3. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Valke 27–22 MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Squad – Leopards XV : 2014 Vodacom Cup". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Leopards clinch Absa Currie Cup First Division title in style". South African Rugby Union. 8 October 2015. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Steenkamp leads powerful SA U20 JWC squad". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.