Lappies Labuschagné
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Full name | Pieter Hermias Cornelius Labuschagné | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 January 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pretoria, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 107 kg (16 st 12 lb; 236 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Grey College, Bloemfontein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of the Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pieter Hermias Cornelius 'Lappies' Labuschagné (Japanese ピーター・ハーミアス・コーネリアス "ラピース"・ラブスカフニ; Pītā Hāmiasu Kōneriasu "Rapīsu" Rabusukafuni; born 11 January 1989) is a South African rugby union footballer who regularly plays as a flanker. He currently plays in the Japanese Top League with Kubota Spears and is currently playing for the Sunwolves. He represents Japan at international level having satisfied residency requirements.
Career[]
Labuschagné represented the Bulls in Super Rugby and previously played with the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup.[1] He has also previously captained the UFS Shimlas in the Varsity Cup.[2]
Labuschagné moved to the Japanese Top League prior to the 2016–17 season, signing with the Kubota Spears.[3]
International[]
Labuschagné was called up to the South Africa squad for the 2013 mid-year rugby union tests against Italy, Scotland and Samoa, but he didn't feature in any of the matches for Springboks.[4]
In 2019, he debuted for Japan. He represented Japan at the 2019 Rugby World Cup and captained them in their Pool A victory over Ireland.
References[]
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Lappies Labuschagné". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Shimlas have the need for speed". varsitycup.co.za. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ 2016年度クボタスピアーズ 新入団選手(追加)のお知らせ [2016 Kubota Spears – Announcement of new joining players (additional)] (Press release). Kubota Spears. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "New faces in Springbok squad". Sport 24. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
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- Living people
- 1989 births
- South African rugby union players
- Rugby union flankers
- Cheetahs (rugby union) players
- Free State Cheetahs players
- White South African people
- Afrikaner people
- Alumni of Grey College, Bloemfontein
- University of the Free State alumni
- Sportspeople from Pretoria
- Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay players
- South African expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Japan international rugby union players
- Sunwolves players
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- Blue Bulls players
- South African rugby union biography stubs