Tel Aviv Heat

Tel Aviv Heat

Founded	2021; 1 year ago (2021)
Location	Tel Aviv, Israel
Coach(es)
League(s)	Rugby Europe Super Cup
Official website
www.telavivheat.com

The Tel Aviv Heat (Hebrew: תל אביב היט, romanized: Tel Aviv Hit) is the first professional Israeli rugby union team. The team will be based in Tel Aviv that competes annually in the Rugby Europe Super Cup Eastern Conference competition along with Enisei-STM, Lokomotiv Penza and The Black Lion.^[1][2][3][4]

Squad[]

A 36-man squad was announced in September 2021.^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Hooker Israel Pieter Jansen Hooker South Africa Hooker Samoa Hooker South Africa Hooker South Africa Prop Israel Prop South Africa Prop South Africa Prop Fiji Lock Fiji Lock Israel Lock Israel Jeremy Jordaan Lock South Africa Lock South Africa Lock Israel Lock Israel Back row Israel Josh Strauss Back row Scotland Prince !Gaoseb Back row Namibia Back row Israel Back row South Africa Jasa Veremalua Back row Fiji Renaldo Bothma Back row Namibia GJ van Velze Back row South Africa Back row South Africa

Player Position Union Nic Groom Scrum-half South Africa Scrum-half Israel Scrum-half Israel Scrum-half Ireland Fly-half South Africa Jordan Chait Fly-half South Africa Centre South Africa Centre Israel Centre South Africa Centre Israel Centre Fiji Centre Fiji Sebastian Jobb Wing South Africa Wing South Africa Gabriel Ibitoye Wing England Fullback Fiji Fullback Israel Ryan Harris[disambiguation needed] Fullback South Africa

See also[]

• Israel national rugby union team
• Rugby union in Israel
• Rugby Europe Super Cup

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