Corniel Els
| Full name | Cornelius Wilhelmus Els | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 January 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Polokwane, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Grey College, Bloemfontein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Hooker | ||
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| Current team | Bulls / Blue Bulls | ||
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| 2010–2012 | Free State Cheetahs | ||
| 2013–2015 | Blue Bulls | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2014–present | UP Tuks | 14 | (15) |
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2015–present | Blue Bulls | 17 | (20) |
| 2017–present | Bulls | 0 | (0) |
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Correct as of 18 July 2016
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2014 | South Africa Under-20 | 4 | (5) |
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Correct as of 28 August 2015
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Cornelius Wilhelmus Els (born 19 January 1994 in Polokwane, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Bulls in Super Rugby and the Blue Bulls in the domestic Currie Cup. His regular position is hooker.
Els attended and played rugby for Grey College in Bloemfontein and was selected to represent the Free State at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2010 and once again at the premier high school rugby union competition in South Africa – the Under-18 Craven Week – held in Port Elizabeth in 2012.
After school, Els moved to Pretoria to join the Blue Bulls academy. He was the first-choice hooker for the Blue Bulls U19 side in the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship and started ten of their fourteen matches during the campaign and played off the bench in one further match. He scored a try in his very first match for them against the Leopards U19 and one in each of their matches against his former side, the Free State. His performances contributed to the Blue Bulls finishing the round-robin stage of the season with twelve wins out of twelve to qualify for the title play-offs. He started both their 37–21 win against the Leopards in the semi-final and in the final, where they won the competition by beating trans-Jukskei rivals Golden Lions U19s 35–23.
At the beginning of 2014, Els represented Pretoria-based university side UP Tuks in the 2014 Varsity Cup competition. He played in six of their seven matches as they finished in sixth spot and outside the semi-final places. Shortly after the Varsity Cup campaign, Els was named in the South African Under-20 squad as they prepared for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship in New Zealand. He was not on the bench for their first pool stage match against Scotland, but failed to come on as a replacement. However, he was promoted to the starting line-up for their second match against New Zealand, helping them to a 33–24 win over the hosts, and also started their final pool stage match against Samoa as South Africa won 21–8 to qualify for the semi-finals. He started their semi-final match where they once again faced New Zealand and provided a crucial contribution in the match; with the score tied at 25–all with three minutes to go in the match, Els scored a late try which was converted by Handré Pollard to secure a 32–25 victory for South Africa and a place in the final. He also started the final, but could not prevent South Africa losing 20–21 to England to finish the competition as runners-up.
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