Английская Википедия:André Esterhuizen

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Adriaan Pieter 'André' Esterhuizen (born 30 March 1994 in Klerksdorp) is a South African professional rugby union player for the Harlequins in the English Premiership and South Africa national team.[1] His regular position is centre or full-back.

Career

Youth

Esterhuizen represented his local side Шаблон:Rut at the Under-13 Craven Week competition in 2007, at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2010 and at the Under-18 Craven Week in 2011.

In 2013, he moved to Durban to join the Шаблон:Rut. He started twelve of the Шаблон:Rut side's matches during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship competition, finishing as the joint top try scorer in Division A of that competition with 9 tries.[2]

He was included in the South Africa Under-20 side for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship.[3]

Club Career

His first taste of first class rugby came for the Шаблон:Rut during the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition. He made his debut in a 72–6 victory against the Шаблон:Rut, coming on as a substitute in the second half.[4] Further substitute appearances followed that season in matches against the Шаблон:Rut[5] and Шаблон:Rut.[6]

Esterhuizen was included in the Шаблон:Rut wider training squad prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season, scoring a try for them in their warm-up match against Saracens[7] and was subsequently selected in the final Super Rugby squad for 2014.[8]

He joined Premiership Rugby side Harlequins ahead of the 2020–21 season.[9]

He won his first Premiership title and started as Harlequins won the game 40–38 in the highest scoring Premiership final ever on 26 June 2021.[10]

International Career

In 2018, Esterhuizen made his debut for South Africa against Wales in a one off match staged in Washington. South Africa went on to lose the game 22-20.[11]

In September 2023, Esterhuizen was named as part of South Africa's squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[12] South Africa went on to win the tournament beating New Zealand 12-11 in the final.[13]

References

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External links

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