Stephan Coetzee
| Full name | Stephanus Hendrik Coetzee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 January 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Worcester, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | Template:Geobox2 unit/weight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Paarl Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephanus Hendrik Coetzee (born 9 January 1992 in Worcester) is a South African rugby union player who most recently played for the Template:Rut Southern Kings in the Pro14.[1][2][3][4] His regular playing position is hooker.
Career
Youth
Coetzee represented Template:Rut Western Province at various youth levels, playing at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2008, the Under-18 Academy Week in 2009 and the Under-18 Craven Week in 2010. He joined the Western Province Rugby Institute in 2011 and played for Template:Rut Western Province U19 in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition and for Template:Rut Western Province U21 in the 2012 and 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship competitions, winning the competition in 2013 and scoring two tries during the season.[5]
Western Province / Stormers
He was included in the Template:Rut Western Province squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup and made his senior debut when he started in their opening match of the season against neighbours Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers in Ceres.[6] He played in eight matches during the competition, starting six of them.
After one more appearance during the 2014 Vodacom Cup,[7] Coetzee was flown to New Zealand to link up with the Template:Rut Stormers' Super Rugby squad for their match against the Template:Rut Chiefs,[8] following a torn calf muscle suffered by first-choice hooker Scarra Ntubeni. Coetzee was subsequently named on the bench for the clash.[9]
Griquas
He moved to Kimberley for the 2015 season to join Template:Rut Griquas.[10]
References
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Stephan Coetzee". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "Scoresway Player Profile Stephan Coetzee". Scoresway. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "It's Rugby Player Profile Stephan Coetzee". It's Rugby. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "Union Sports Group Player Profile Stephan Coetzee". Union Sports Group. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "WP U21 confirms their dominance in Newlands final". South African Rugby Union. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Regent Boland Cavaliers 17–17 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 16–8 Regent Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Hooker Coetzee NZ-bound". Stormers. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "Ton-up De Villiers to lead DHL Stormers". Stormers. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "Griekwas gaps WP-duo" (in Afrikaans). Netwerk24. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.