André Esterhuizen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adriaan Pieter Esterhuizen | ||
| Born | 30 March 1994 Potchefstroom, South Africa |
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| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Klerksdorp High, Klerksdorp | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Centre / Full-back | ||
| Current club | Sharks | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–11 | Leopards | ||
| 2013– | Sharks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2013– | Sharks (Currie Cup) | 25 | (40) |
| 2014– | Sharks | 14 | (0) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2014– | S.A. Under-20 | 4 | (10) |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 12 October 2015. |
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Adriaan Pieter 'André' Esterhuizen (born 30 March 1994 in Klerksdorp) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing for the Sharks in Super Rugby.[1] His regular position is centre or full-back.
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Career
Youth
Esterhuizen represented his local side Leopards at the Under-13 Craven Week competition in 2007, at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2010 and at the Under-18 Craven Week in 2011.
In 2013, he moved to Durban to join the Sharks. He started twelve of the Sharks U21 side's matches during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship competition, finishing as the joint top try scorer in Division A of that competition with 9 tries.[2]
He was included in the S.A. Under-20 side for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship.[3]
Senior career
His first taste of first class rugby came for the Sharks XV during the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition. He made his debut in a 72–6 victory against the Border Bulldogs, coming on as a substitute in the second half.[4] Further substitute appearances followed that season in matches against the Boland Cavaliers[5] and Eastern Province Kings.[6]
Esterhuizen was included in the Sharks wider training squad prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season, scoring a try for them in their warm-up match against Saracens[7] and was subsequently selected in the final Super Rugby squad for 2014.[8]
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