Gideon Koegelenberg
Date of birth | 25 November 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Wellington, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 122 kg (19 st 3 lb; 269 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University | Sharks Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gideon Koegelenberg (born 25 November 1994) is a South African rugby union player for the Sharks in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup and the Sharks XV in the Rugby Challenge. He usually plays as a lock.[1]
Rugby career[]
Youth rugby[]
Koegelenberg was born in Wellington and played for the Boland Cavaliers at youth level. He earned inclusion in the 2012 South Africa Schools squad and made appearances against France[2] and England.[3]
Sharks / UKZN Impi[]
He then joined the Sharks Academy, where he made a single appearances against former side Boland Cavaliers.[4] A knee injury hampered his progress at the Durban-based side, ruling him out of the entire 2014 season. He made five appearances for the UKZN Impi in the team's title-winning 2015 Varsity Shield season.
Golden Lions[]
Koegelenberg joined the Golden Lions in 2015, where he made eleven appearances in the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A, scoring one try against Leopards U21.[5]
Zebre[]
He then moved to Italy to join Pro12 side Zebre during the 2015–16 season.[6] He played five matches during the 2015–16 season, and a further 12 in the 2016–17 season, starting nine matches and receiving three yellow cards.[7]
Return to Sharks[]
At the end of the 2017 season, Koegelenberg left Zebre to return to South Africa, and to former side the Sharks, signing a two-year deal with the Durban-based franchise.[8]
Super Rugby statistics[]
- As of 27 May 2020[9]
Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2018 | Sharks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | Sharks | 5 | 1 | 4 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Rebels | 5 | 2 | 3 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 11 | 3 | 8 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Gideon Koegelenberg". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 17-7 France". South African Rugby Union. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 36-29 England". South African Rugby Union. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Sharks XV 54-24 Regent Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards U21 17-29 Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "La seconda linea Koegelenberg nuovo innesto nella rosa del XV del Nord-Ovest" (Press release) (in Italian). Zebre. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "Player Archive". Pro12. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Reinforcement at lock" (Press release). Sharks. 18 September 2017. Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Player Statistics". It's Rugby.
- South African rugby union players
- Living people
- 1994 births
- People from Wellington, Western Cape
- Rugby union locks
- Sharks (Currie Cup) players
- Zebre Parma players
- South African expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- Sharks (rugby union) players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Australia
- Melbourne Rebels players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Kurita Water Gush Akishima players