Vaughen Isaacs | |
Birth Date: | 29 March 2001 |
Birth Place: | Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
School: | Hoër Landbouskool Marlow |
Position: | Fly-half / Fullback |
Youthyears1: | 2010-201? |
Youthclubs1: | Eastern Province |
Years1: | 2018-2019 |
Apps1: | 1 |
Points1: | 9 |
Years2: | 2019-2020 |
Apps2: | 1 |
Points2: | 2 |
Years3: | 2022–2023 |
Apps3: | 11 |
Points3: | 64 |
Years4: | 2023 |
Clubs4: | Tel Aviv Heat |
Apps4: | 5 |
Points4: | 2 |
Years5: | 2024- |
Apps5: | 1 |
Points5: | 8 |
Repyears1: | 2016 |
Repteam1: | South Africa Under-16 |
Repyears2: | 2019 |
Repteam2: | South Africa Under-20 |
Repcaps2: | 4 |
Reppoints2: | 5 |
Clubupdate: | 13 March 2024 |
Repupdate: | 13 March 2024 |
Vaughen Isaacs (born 29 March 1999) is a South African rugby union player for the Dallas Jackals in the MLR. His regular position is fly-half or fullback.[1] [2]
Isaacs played for Eastern Province from 2010, playing for their youth sides including vice-captaining the side in 2015, in the same year he was selected for the South African under-16 Elite Green Squad.[3] Isaacs made his Currie Cup debut for the Blue Bulls in August 2019, coming on as a replacement fly-half in their final match of the 2019 season against the .[4] He joined the Golden Lions in 2022.[5]
In 2023 he played for Tel Aviv Heat in Israel, he started in the 2023 Rugby Europe Super Cup final against Black Lion. Tel Aviv Heat losing the match 27-17.[6] He was named in the Dallas Jackals roster for the 2024 Major League Rugby season.[7] [8] He made his debut for Dallas against San Diego Legion in the second round of the 2024 MLR, scoring 8 points in the 23-30 loss.[9]