Stephan Malan
| Full name | Johannes Stephan Hendrik Malan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 September 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johannes Stephan Hendrik Malan (born 24 September 1994) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Template:Rut Leopards.[1] He can play as a loose-forward or a lock.
Playing career
Griquas
Malan graduated from the Vikings Christian Rugby Academy in Marburg, KwaZulu-Natal and joined Kimberley-based provincial side Template:Rut Griquas during the 2015 season.[2] He was named in the Template:Rut Griquas U21 squad for the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship and started all seven of their matches in Group B of the competition. He scored a try in their 21–28 defeat to eventual champions Template:Rut Eastern Province U21 in Round Seven of the competition,[3] helping Grqiuas to fifth spot on the log, missing out on the play-off places.[4]
Malan was named in the senior Griquas squad for the 2015 Vodacom Cup. He made his first class debut by starting their 37–25 victory over the Template:Rut Border Bulldogs in Hartswater in their third match in the competition.[5] He came on as a replacement in each of their remaining matches in the regular season of the competition, helping Griquas to finish in second spot on the Southern Section log to qualify for the quarter finals. He also played off the bench as they hosted the Template:Rut Pumas in a quarter final match in Kimberley, but could not prevent the team from Mpumalanga winning the match 28–14 to eliminate the defending champions Griquas from the competition.[6]
Leopards
After the 2015 Vodacom Cup, Malan moved to Potchefstroom to join the Template:Rut Leopards. He played in all twelve of the Template:Rut Leopards U21s' matches in the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A, scoring one try in their 31–41 defeat to the Template:Rut Blue Bulls[7] to help Leopards finish in sixth spot on the log.
References
- ^ "SARU Player Profile Stephan Malan". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Genesis Annual Report 2014" (PDF). Genesis. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – EP Kings U21 28–21 Griquas U21". South African Rugby Union. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Log: Absa Under 21 Competition". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – GWK Griquas 37–25 Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – GWK Griquas 14–28 Steval Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls U21 41–31 Leopards U21". South African Rugby Union. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.