Gideon Koegelenberg Explained

Gideon Koegelenberg
Birth Place:Wellington, South Africa
Weight:1220NaN0
School:Hugenote Hoërskool
University: Academy
Position:Lock
Youthyears1:2011–2012
Youthyears2:2012–2013
Youthyears3:2015
Years1:2013
Apps1:1
Points1:0
Years2:2015–2017
Clubs2:Zebre
Apps2:32
Points2:0
Years3:2018–2019
Apps3:7
Points3:0
Years4:2018–2019
Apps4:8
Points4:10
Years5:2018–2019
Apps5:15
Points5:5
Years6:2020
Apps6:5
Points6:0
Years7:2020–2023
Apps7:16
Points7:5
Years8:2023–
Amatyears1:2014
Amatapps1:5
Amatpoints1:0
Repyears1:2012
Repteam1:South Africa Schools
Repcaps1:2
Reppoints1:0
Clubupdate:17 October 2020
Repupdate:20 April 2018

Gideon Koegelenberg (born 25 November 1994) is a South African rugby union player for the in United Rugby Championship. He usually plays as a lock. In the past he also played for Australian Super Rugby franchise .[1]

Rugby career

Youth rugby

Koegelenberg was born in Wellington and played for the at youth level. He earned inclusion in the 2012 South Africa Schools squad and made appearances against France and England.

Sharks / UKZN Impi

He then joined the Academy, where he made a single appearances against former side . 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 in the team's title-winning 2015 Varsity Shield season.

Golden Lions

Koegelenberg joined the in 2015, where he made eleven appearances in the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A, scoring one try against .

Zebre

He then moved to Italy to join Pro12 side Zebre during the 2015–16 season.[2] 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.[3]

Return to Sharks

At the end of the 2017 season, Koegelenberg left Zebre to return to South Africa, and to former Super Rugby side the, signing a two-year deal with the Durban-based franchise in order to play also in the Currie Cup and the in the Rugby Challenge.[4]

Koegelenberg signed for Benetton Rugby in May 2023 ahead of the 2023–24 United Rugby Championship. He made his debut in Round 1 of the 2023–24 season against the .[5]

Super Rugby statistics

Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
1 0 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 1 4 178 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 2 3 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 11 3 8 371 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GIDEON KOEGELENBERG RINFORZA LA SECONDA LINEA DEI LEONI . Benetton Rugby . 17 May 2023. 17 May 2023.
  2. La seconda linea Koegelenberg nuovo innesto nella rosa del XV del Nord-Ovest . Zebre . 15 December 2015 . 13 July 2016 . it.
  3. Web site: Player Archive . Pro12 . 8 May 2017 . 14 August 2017.
  4. Reinforcement at lock . Sharks . 18 September 2017 . 18 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170918141427/http://sharksrugby.co.za/reinforcement-at-lock . 18 September 2017 . dead . dmy-all .
  5. News: UMAGA E’ GLACIALE E AL DEBUTTO I LEONI ESPUGNANO CARDIFF PER 22-23. Benetton Rugby. 21 October 2023. 21 October 2023.