Inny Radebe Explained

Inny-Christian Radebe
Birth Date:3 January 1995
Birth Place:Johannesburg, South Africa
Weight:870NaN0
Occupation:Professional Rugby Union Player
School:St Stithians College
University:University of KwaZulu-Natal
Relatives:Emerson Joseph Toweel
Position:Fly-half / Centre / Fullback
Youthyears1:2008–2013
Youthyears2:2013–2016
Years1:2015–2017
Apps1:8
Points1:64
Years2:2016–2017
Apps2:17
Points2:30
Years3:2017
Apps3:2
Points3:0
Years4:2018
Apps4:2
Points4:0
Years5:2019
Apps5:5
Points5:16
Years7:2022
Apps7:4
Points7:8
Amatyears1:2015
Amatapps1:4
Amatpoints1:44
Clubupdate:23 July 2022

Inny-Christian Radebe (born 3 January 1995) is a South African rugby union player for the in the Currie Cup and the in the Rugby Challenge. He can play as a fly-half, inside centre or fullback.

Rugby career

Schoolboy rugby

Radebe was born in Johannesburg and represented the at national youth competitions since primary school level, when he participated at the Under-13 Craven Week in 2008. He also earned selection during high school level, representing the Golden Lions at the 2011 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and at the Under-18 Craven Week in both 2012 and 2013.

Sharks / UKZN

Radebe signed a deal to join the Durban-based academy after finishing high school. He made one appearance for the s in 2013 in a 38–0 victory against prior to joining them on a full-time basis. In 2014, he started eleven of the team's matches in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship and scored 122 points, second only to Western Province's Ernst Stapelberg in the top scorers list in Group A of the competition. He scored four tries – three in their two matches against former side Golden Lions and a fourth against Eastern Province, to help the side progress to the semi-finals, where they lost 20–43 to the Blue Bulls.

Radebe made four appearances for during the 2015 Varsity Shield, scoring 44 points on the way, and picked up a "Player That Rocks" award in the finals,[1] where he helped UKZN to silverware by beating 29–24. Less than a week after the final, he was also included in the squad for the 2015 Vodacom Cup competition and made his first class debut in a defeat to a . After another match in the Vodacom Cup against the, he played in a match for a Varsity Cup Dream Team – with Radebe being only player from the second-tier Varsity Shield to be included[2] – against the South Africa Under-20 squad as the latter prepared for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, kicking one conversion in a 24–31 defeat. Radebe was initially included in Coach Dawie Theron's squad to contest the Junior World Cup in Italy before withdrawing through injury

Radebe next played for the side in their 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A season. He made ten starts during the competition, scoring six tries and 105 points with the boot to finish as the top scorer in the competition with a tally of 135 points. This helped his side reach the semi-finals, where they lost to .

Radebe was included in the Super Rugby squad for their 2016 season,[3] but suffered a meniscus tear[4] after two appearances for the in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series which ruled him out for a large part of the season. He returned at the start of July to make further appearances in the Currie Cup competition.

Notes and References

  1. News: FNB Player That Rocks FNB Wits vs FNB UKZN Inny Radebe . Varsity Cup . 7 April 2015 . 14 July 2016.
  2. Web site: Smith takes charge of Dream Team . Varsity Cup . 13 April 2015 . 14 April 2015.
  3. Web site: 2016 Squad - Sharks Rugby . Sharks . 26 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308083410/http://sharksrugby.co.za/list/2016-squad . 8 March 2016.
  4. Injury Update . Sharks . 3 May 2016 . 15 July 2016.