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Ruan van Rensburg
Full nameRuan van Rensburg
Date of birth (1993-05-31) 31 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birthPretoria, South Africa
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
SchoolHoërskool Waterkloof, Pretoria
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs
Youth career
2012–2014 Template:Rut Golden Lions
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015 Template:Rut Wits (20)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2015 Template:Rut Golden Lions 2 (0)
2015 → Template:Rut Leopards XV 2 (0)
2015–present Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs 2 (0)
2016–present Template:Rut Free State XV 8 (10)
Correct as of 22 July 2016
Correct as of 19 August 2015

Ruan van Rensburg (born (1993-05-31)31 May 1993 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs Currie Cup team.[1][note 1] His regular position is scrum-half.

Career

Golden Lions

Van Rensburg attended Hoërskool Waterkloof in Pretoria, where he played first team rugby in 2010 and 2011. After school, he moved to Johannesburg to join the Template:Rut Golden Lions Academy, where he made a single appearance for the Template:Rut Golden Lions U19s during the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship.

He appeared in nine matches for the Template:Rut Golden Lions U21s during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship, starting eight of those and scoring a try in their 45–16 victory over Template:Rut Border U21.[3] The Golden Lions finished in fourth spot on the log to qualify for the semi-finals, where they lost 41–44 after extra time to eventual champions Template:Rut Western Province U21.[4]

At the start of 2014, Van Rensburg was included in the Template:Rut Golden Lions squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. He was named on the bench for their second match of the season against near-neighbours the Template:Rut Falcons, but failed to make an appearance.[5] He made his first team debut four weeks later; he was once again named on the bench for their match against the Template:Rut Limpopo Blue Bulls in Polokwane and came on just after half-time to replace Ricky Schroeder, eventually helping his side to a 110–0 victory in the match.[6] He also played off the bench in their next match against the Template:Rut Pumas in Alberton, this time being on the wrong end of a 27–48 defeat. The Golden Lions finished fourth to qualify for the play-offs and made it all the way to the final of the competition, where they lost 6–30 to Template:Rut Griquas.[7]

He was a key player for the Template:Rut Golden Lions U21s in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship, starting twelve of their thirteen matches. He shared the kicking duties with Hanco Deale and Brandan Hewitt for the Golden Lions, and ended the second with the second-highest personal points contribution from a Lions player behind Deale; he scored 59 points, which consisted of 25 conversions and 3 penalties.[8] His top points haul in a single match came in their 52–12 victory over Template:Rut Free State U21, kicking six conversions and a penalty.[9]

Wits & Leopards

Van Rensburg was retained by the Golden Lions for 2015, but was loaned to Potchefstroom-based side the Template:Rut Leopards for the 2015 season.[10]

He started the season representing Template:Rut Wits in the 2015 Varsity Shield competition. He scored a try in their 39–24 win over the Template:Rut UFH Blues in Alice[11] and scored fifteen points with the boot during the competition as Wits made it to the final, where they lost 24–29 to Template:Rut UKZN Impi.[12]

He made two appearances for the Leopards during the 2015 Vodacom Cup competition, playing off the bench in their matches against the Template:Rut Griffons[13] and Namibian side Template:Rut Welwitschias.[14]

Free State Cheetahs

He moved to Bloemfontein prior to the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division and was named on the bench for their third match of the competition against Template:Rut Griquas.[15]

Notes

  1. ^ The SARU website erroneously included Ruan Janse van Rensburg,[2] a flanker that represented the Template:Rut Griffons at the 2011 Craven Week, instead of Ruan van Rensburg in some squads. Some match reports, etc., might refer to this incorrectly-linked player.

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Ruan van Rensburg". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Ruan Janse van Rensburg". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  3. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border 16–45 MTN Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 44–41 MTN Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  5. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Golden Lions 23–22 Valke". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls 0–110 Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  7. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – GWK Griquas 30–6 Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  8. ^ "SA Rugby Top Scorers – 2014 Absa Under 21 Competition". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  9. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Free State U21 12–52 Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  10. ^ "2015 GLRU contracting update". Golden Lions. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  11. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB UFH 24–39 FNB WITS". South African Rugby Union. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  12. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB WITS 24–29 FNB UKZN". South African Rugby Union. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  13. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards XV 59–12 Down Touch Griffons". South African Rugby Union. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  14. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB Welwitschias 25–33 Leopards XV". South African Rugby Union. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Toyota Free State Cheetahs Team Announcement". Free State Cheetahs. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

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