Shane Gates
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shane Edward Gates | ||
| Born | 27 September 1992 Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
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| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Muir College, Uitenhage | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Fly-half / Centre | ||
| Current club | Kings | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–12 | Eastern Province Kings | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2011–15 | Eastern Province Kings | 24 | (35) |
| 2013 | Kings | 7 | (0) |
| 2016– | Kings | 4 | (0) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2011 | South African Kings | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 27 March 2016. |
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Shane Edward Gates is a South African rugby union player, currently playing Super Rugby with the Kings.[1] His usual position is fly-half or inside centre.
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Career
Youth
He was born in Port Elizabeth and played for the Eastern Province Kings in several underage competitions. He represented them at the Under-18 Craven Week competition in 2010 and also played for the Eastern Province U19 side in the 2010 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He represented the Eastern Province U21 side in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 competitions, helping them reach the Division B final on all three occasions and winning the title in 2012 and 2013.
Eastern Province Kings / Southern Kings
In 2011, he was included in the 2011 Vodacom Cup squad, but failed to make an appearance for the team, despite being named on the bench for their match against the Blue Bulls in Pretoria.[2] His senior debut came during the 2012 Vodacom Cup competition against Argentinean invitational side Pampas XV in Stellenbosch;[3] he started the match and also marked the occasion by scoring his first try, dotting down shortly before half-time. He made a further three starts and one substitute's appearance during the competition.
He made his Currie Cup debut at the end of 2012, when he started their match against the Free State Cheetahs in the promotion/relegation play-offs. Despite scoring a try,[4] he could not help the Kings crashing to a 53–14 defeat and ultimately failing to win promotion.
Gates was named in the Kings wider training squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season, but was subsequently released to the Vodacom Cup squad.[5] However, he was later called back into the Super Rugby squad and made his debut in that competition against the Highlanders in a 34–27 victory in Port Elizabeth.[6] He made four appearances from the bench before starting his first Super Rugby match, the final regular season match against the Sharks in Durban.[7] He also played in both legs of the Kings' promotion/relegation matches against the Lions,[8][9] which saw the Kings fall out of Super Rugby for 2014.
With the Kings not playing Super Rugby in 2014, Gates – along with lock Rynier Bernardo – joined the Cheetahs for pre-season training prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season.[10] However, he was not included in their final squad and returned to the Kings.[11] He wasn't involved in the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition, instead training with the Kings' Currie Cup group prior to the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season.[12]
In June 2014, he was selected in the starting line-up for the Eastern Province Kings side to face Wales during a tour match during a 2014 incoming tour. He played the first 72 minutes of the match as the Kings suffered a 12–34 defeat.[13]
Representative rugby
In 2011, Gates was included in a South African Kings squad that participated in the 2011 IRB Nations Cup in Romania.[14] He made substitute appearances in their matches against Georgia[15] and Portugal[16] and was an unused substitute against Romania.[17]
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