Ruan Combrinck
| Full name | Ruan Jacobus Combrinck | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 May 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vryheid, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 kg (15 st 8 lb; 218 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Michaelhouse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Stellenbosch University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ruan Jacobus Combrinck (born 10 May 1990) is a South African rugby union player. He plays mostly as a wing. He plays for Stade Français in the Top14 in France. He previously played for the Lions in Super Rugby, the Golden Lions and Western Province domestically and Kintetsu Liners in the Japanese Top League.
School career
[edit]Combrinck attended Michaelhouse in The Natal Midlands and played in the same first team as Springboks fly-half Patrick Lambie and scrum-half Ross Cronje
International rugby
[edit]On 28 May 2016, Combrinck was included in a 31-man South Africa squad for their three-test match series against a touring Ireland team.[1]
He made his debut as replacement for the Springboks on 18 June 2016 vs. Ireland at Emirates Park in Johannesburg. He scored a try on debut and was also Man of the Match.
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Squad of 31 ushers in new era of Springbok rugby". South African Rugby Union. 28 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
External links
[edit]- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Ruan Combrinck". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
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- Living people
- People from Vryheid
- Afrikaner people
- South African rugby union players
- Golden Lions players
- Western Province (rugby union) players
- Lions (United Rugby Championship) players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Stellenbosch University alumni
- South Africa international rugby union players
- Hanazono Kintetsu Liners players
- Stade Français Paris players
- Blue Bulls players
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- Alumni of Michaelhouse
- Rugby union players from KwaZulu-Natal
- South African expatriate rugby union players in France
- South African expatriate rugby union players in Japan
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