Henry Immelman | |
Birth Date: | 26 May 1995 |
Birth Place: | Upington, South Africa |
Weight: | 1070NaN0 |
School: | Grey College |
Position: | Centre, Fullback, Wing |
Currentclub: | Blue Bulls |
Years1: | 2016–2021 2021–2023 2023– |
Clubs1: | Edinburgh Rugby Bulls |
Apps1: | 77 25 0 |
Points1: | 77) (38) (0 |
Clubupdate: | 26 April 2023 |
Henry Immelman (born 26 May 1995) is a South African rugby union player who last played for the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship.
He was born in Upington, but attended Grey College in Bloemfontein. He was selected to represent the at the Under-18 Craven Week in Polokwane in 2013.
After school, he joined the Free State Cheetahs' academy, and he made seven starts for the team in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship, scoring 22 points.
He made four appearances for the Bloemfontein-based university side in the 2015 Varsity Cup in a poor season that saw the team lose all seven of their matches. He again played for the team in the Under-21 Provincial Championship in the second half of the year, making eleven starts and scoring 23 points as the team made it to the final of the competition before losing 17–52 to .
He made a further six starts for CUT Ixias in the 2016 Varsity Cup, helping them to two victories and sixth place on the log. He was also included in the squad that competed in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series, but he failed to make any appearances in the competition.
Henry Immelman moved to France in July 2016 to join Top 14 side, signing a youth contract with the team.[1] He made his debut for the senior team in their Round 6 match against, replacing Alexandre Dumoulin for the second half of the match.[2]
In April 2021, it was announced that Immelman would move to Edinburgh Rugby ahead of the 2021/22 season (the first of the new United Rugby Championship to include 4 South African Teams). In September of that year, he played for the side in their pre-season friendly against Newcastle Falcons. -