Ruan Ackermann
| Date of birth | 29 December 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Pretoria, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hoërskool Garsfontein, Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Johan Ackermann (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Flanker | ||
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| Current team | Lions / Golden Lions | ||
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| 2014–present | Golden Lions | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2015–present | Young Lions | 8 | (10) |
| 2016–present | Lions | 16 | (15) |
| 2016–present | Golden Lions | 9 | (5) |
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Correct as of 25 October 2016
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2016 | Barbarians | 1 | (0) |
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Correct as of 8 November 2016
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Ruan Ackermann (born 29 December 1995 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing Super Rugby with the Lions and Currie Cup rugby with the Golden Lions. His regular position is flanker.
Ackermann played high school rugby for Hoërskool Garsfontein, where he featured for their first XV from 2012 to 2014, also captaining them in 2014, where he helped them reach the final of the Beeld Trophy. He didn't represent the Blue Bulls at Craven Week level and was instead contracted by Johannesburg-based side the Golden Lions to join their academy from 2015.
Despite still being at school, he was included in the Golden Lions U19 squad during the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship and was named on the bench for three of their matches. He played off the bench on all three occasions and marked his debut – a Round Ten match against Western Province U19 in Johannesburg – by scoring a try in a 28–8 victory.
Ackermann was named in the Golden Lions squad for the 2015 Vodacom Cup. He made his first class debut by starting their opening match of the campaign, a 53–3 victory over the Welwitschias in Windhoek. He played off the bench in their regular season matches against the Blue Bulls,Leopards and the Griffons in Welkom, a match that also saw Ackermann score his first senior try in a 36–20 victory. The Golden Lions finished top of the Northern Section, winning all seven of their matches to qualify for the Quarter Finals. Ackermann played off the bench in a 29–21 victory over the SWD Eagles in their quarter final match and started their semi-final match against the Pumas, which the side from Nelspruit won 43–20 to eliminate the Golden Lions from the competition.
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