Eben Etzebeth
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| Personal information | |||
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| Born |
29 October 1991 Cape Town, South Africa |
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| Height | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Weight | 117 kg (258 lb; 18 st 6 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Tygerberg High School | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Lock | ||
| Current club |
Stormers NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes |
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| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2011 | Western Province | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2011 | UCT Ikey Tigers | 7 | (5) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2012–2014 | Western Province | 7 | (0) |
| 2012–present | Stormers | 42 | (20) |
| 2015–2016 | NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes | 9 | (5) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2011 | South Africa U20 | 5 | (5) |
| 2012–present | South Africa | 54 | (10) |
| 2015–2016 | Springbok XV | 2 | (5) |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 23 July 2016. |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 23 July 2016.
† Appearances (Points).
Eben Etzebeth (born 29 October 1991) is a South African international rugby player. He currently plays for the Stormers in Super Rugby and for NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes in the Japanese Top League. His regular playing position is as a number 4 lock.
Etzebeth was marked out as a player of huge promise from an early age when playing for Tygerberg High School in Cape Town and he entered the Western Province youth structures in 2009, featuring in the Under-18 Craven Week tournament. In 2011 his career moved up a gear when he was part of the UCT Ikey Tigers side which won the Varsity Cup, however injury stalled his progress in the second half of the year and he was unable to play any part in the 2011 Currie Cup.
His injury didn't stop him from being named in the Stormers squad for the 2012 Super Rugby season, he was fully fit and raring to go for the campaign and debuted on 25 February 2012 against the Hurricanes. In total he made 13 appearances during the season and managed to score 1 try as the Stormers enjoyed an excellent season, winning 14 of their 16 league matches before eventually losing to the Sharks in the semi-finals.
International commitments kept him out of the early stages of the 2012 Currie Cup, but he returned with a bang at the tail-end of the tournament, winning his first 3 Western Province caps and helping them to lift their first Currie Cup title since 2002. He was awarded the Man of the Match award as Province gained revenge on the Sharks with a 25-18 win in Durban.
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