Adriaan Engelbrecht Explained

Adriaan Engelbrecht
Fullname:Adriaan Erasmus Engelbrecht
Birth Date:14 September 1990
Birth Place:Pretoria, South Africa
School:Hoër Volkskool, Potchefstroom
Position:Centre
Youthyears1:2008–2011
Years1:2011–2015
Apps1:53
Points1:281
Amatyears1:2014–2015
Amatapps1:8
Amatpoints1:71
Repyears1:2013
Repteam1:South Africa President's XV
Repcaps1:4
Reppoints1:5
Clubupdate:8 October 2015
Repupdate:17 June 2013

Adriaan Erasmus 'Meel' Engelbrecht (born 14 September 1990) is a former South African rugby union player, that spent his entire career at the . His regular position was fly-half or centre.

He retired from rugby union prior to the 2016 season.

Career

Youth

He represented the at the 2008 Under-18 Craven Week tournament and progressed through the age groups, playing in the Under-19 Provincial Championship in 2009 and the Under-21 Provincial Championship in 2010 and 2011.

Senior career

He made his first class debut for the in the 2011 Vodacom Cup competition in a match against the . He played in the Under-21 Provincial Championship in the rest of the season, but made his return to the senior side in the 2012 Vodacom Cup, scoring four tries and made twelve starts in the 2012 Currie Cup First Division season.

He was a member of the team that won the 2015 Currie Cup First Division.[1] He featured in a total of thirteen matches during the 2015 Currie Cup qualification rounds and First Division proper and was the Leopards' top scorer, contributing 147 points for the side. He also started the final, where he kicked 14 points to help the Leopards to a 44–20 victory over the to win the competition for the first time in their history.

In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup and won the tournament after winning all three matches.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leopards clinch Absa Currie Cup First Division title in style . South African Rugby Union . 8 October 2015 . 8 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151009200916/http://www.sarugby.net/news/24198?view=news . 9 October 2015 .
  2. Web site: SA President's XV win Tbilisi Cup . IRB . 16 June 2013 . 17 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130619064230/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid%3D2067589.html . 19 June 2013 .