Brendon April Explained

Brendon April
Fullname:Brendon Terence April
Birth Date:20 December 1983
Birth Place:Wellington, South Africa
Weight:830NaN0
School:Berg River Secondary School, Wellington
Relatives:Garth April (brother)
Position:Winger
Currentclub:Durbanville-Bellville
Youthyears1:2002–2003
Years1:2005–2006
Apps1:32
Points1:60
Years2:2007
Apps2:2
Points2:0
Years3:2010–2014
Apps3:67
Points3:170
Amatyears1:2004, 2007–2014
Amatteam1:Roses United
Amatyears2:2008
Amatapps2:2
Amatpoints2:0
Amatyears3:2015–present
Amatteam3:Durbanville-Bellville
Amatapps3:7
Amatpoints3:20
Clubupdate:7 April 2015

Brendon Terence April (born 20 December 1993 in Wellington) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with Western Province Premier League club side Durbanville-Bellville. His regular position is winger.

Career

Youth and amateur rugby

April started off his career playing for Boland club side Roses United and often played for them throughout his entire career. He also played for the side in 2002 and for their U20 side in 2003.

Falcons

He made the move to the East Rand in 2005, signing for the . He made senior debut during the 2005 Vodacom Cup competition, starting their match against . He also made his Currie Cup debut during the same season, scoring six tries in their First Division campaign. He was regular for them in the 2006 Vodacom Cup, scoring five tries to help the win the trophy – the first trophy in their history – and also qualify for the 2006 Currie Cup Premier Division, where April failed to score in five appearances. He made a total of 32 appearances for the in the Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup competitions, scoring twelve tries.

Griffons, Roses United and Maties

April moved to Welkom-based outfit the in 2007, where he made just two appearances for the side in the 2007 Vodacom Cup. He then returned to former amateur club side Roses United, where he played club rugby for the next few seasons.

In 2008, he was also included in the side that won the inaugural Varsity Cup competition, starting the first two matches of their season.

Boland Cavaliers

His continuous try-scoring exploits for Roses United led to him returning to provincial rugby in 2010 with the . He played in a compulsory friendly match against the, coming on as a second-half substitute and it just took him eight minutes to get a try for Boland. He established himself as a regular starter for his team over the next few seasons and kept up his try-scoring exploits, finishing as the top try scorer for the Cavaliers during the 2012 and 2013 Currie Cup seasons.

He was also the top try-scorer for Roses United at the 2014 SARU Community Cup tournament.

Durbanville-Bellville

In 2015, he joined Western Province club side Durbanville-Bellville and was a member of the squad that won the 2015 SARU Community Cup competition, scoring four tries in seven appearances in the competition.[1]

Personal

He is the older brother of rugby player Garth April.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Durbell win first Cell C Community Cup title . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924201311/http://www.sarugby.net/component/supersportcontent/22110?view=news . dead . 24 September 2015 . South African Rugby Union . 6 April 2015 . 7 April 2015 .
  2. Web site: Garth in noppies oor Boland-trui . Son . 6 February 2013 . 29 April 2015 . Afrikaans . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022912/http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/2013/02/06/KS/23/SBSport004-StoryeeeE.html . 4 March 2016 .
  3. Web site: Beyond teammates . South African Rugby Union . 30 April 2015 . 18 . 27 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150427185815/http://springbokmagazine.com/issues/2015-04/#page18 . dead .