Robbi Kempson
| Full name | Robert Bruce Kempson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 23 February 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Queenstown, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Queen's College, Queenstown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Prop | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1994–1998 | Sharks (Currie Cup) | () | |
| 1996–1998 | Sharks | () | |
| 1999–2003 | Stormers | () | |
| 1999–2001 | Western Province | () | |
| 1999 | → Newport | () | |
| 2002–2004 | Ulster | () | |
| 2004–2005 | Northampton Saints | () | |
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1994 | South Africa Under-23 | () | |
| 1996 | South Africa 'A' | () | |
| 1998–2003 | South Africa (test) | 37 | () |
| 1998–2003 | South Africa (tour) | 1 | () |
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Robert Bruce Kempson (born 23 February 1974 in Queenstown, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union player and currently the head coach of the Eastern Province Kings.
He played rugby between 1994 and 2003 for Natal, Western Province and Irish side Ulster, and also played in 37 test matches and one tour match for the South Africa national team. His regular position was prop.
When Kempson was still attending Queen's College, in Queenstown, he was selected to play in the South Africa Schools side. After school, he joined Natal, where he played his first class rugby until 1998.
Kempson was selected to represent South Africa at various youth or development levels; in 1994, he represented the South Africa Under-23 team and later in the same year, he toured with a South Africa Development side to the United Kingdom. He was named on the bench for South Africa in a match in 1995 against Wales in Johannesburg, but failed to make an appearance; but his good form continued as he was named the South African Rugby Young Player of the Year for 1995 In 1996, he played for a South Africa 'A' team that toured the United Kingdom and in 1997, he played for both the Sharks and the Emerging Springboks against the British and Irish Lions during their 1997 tour to South Africa.
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