Burger Odendaal

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Burger Odendaal
Full nameMegiel Burger Odendaal
Date of birth (1993-04-15) 15 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Bloemfontein, South Africa
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb; 209 lb)
School Monument High School, Krugersdorp
University University of Pretoria
Rugby union career
Position(s) Inside centre
Youth career
2009–2011 Golden Lions
2012–2014 Blue Bulls
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013–2014 UP Tuks 2 (0)
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013–2020 Blue Bulls 50 (75)
2015–2020 Bulls 59 (35)
2017–2018 Blue Bulls XV 2 (0)
2018–2019 Kubota Spears 11 (10)
2020–2022 Lions 22 (15)
2020–2022 Golden Lions 12 (15)
2022 Wasps 4 (5)
Correct as of 23 December 2022

Megiel Burger Odendaal (born 15 April 1993 in Bloemfontein, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player. [1] His regular position is inside centre.

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Career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

Odendaal played his high school rugby for Monument High School in Krugersdorp, which led to his inclusion in Golden Lions teams for youth week tournaments; he played for their Under-16 side at the 2009 Grant Khomo Week and for their Under-18 side at the 2011 Craven Week.

After the 2011 season, he then crossed the Jukskei River to join Pretoria-based side the Blue Bulls. He played for the Blue Bulls U19 side in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship (scoring three tries in eight starts) and in the same year made the step up to Under-21 level, playing for the Blue Bulls U21 side in the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He also played at that level in the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

He also made solitary appearances for the UP Tuks in each of the 2013 and 2014 editions of the Varsity Cup.

Blue Bulls

His first class debut came two days before his 20th birthday; he started for the Blue Bulls in their 2013 Vodacom Cup match against the Falcons in Springs, helping them to a 74–14 victory in his only appearance of the season. [2]

He returned to the Blue Bulls side for their 2014 Vodacom Cup campaign. He made six appearances for them, all of them in the run-on side. He scored his first senior try in the third match of the season, a 49–10 win over the Griffons in Welkom. [3] In his next match, he scored the first brace of his career, scoring two tries in the first 20 minutes of their match against the whipping boys of the competition, the Limpopo Blue Bulls, in a 114–0 win in Pretoria. [4]

His first involvement at Currie Cup level came in 2014, when he was named in the Blue Bulls squad for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season [5] and he was named in the starting line-up for their opening match of the season against the Golden Lions. [6]

Lions

It was announced on the 13th of July 2020 that Odendaal would be departing the Bulls and would be joining the Lions.

Wasps Rugby

On the 22nd February 2022, it was announced that he had signed for Wasps Rugby on their official website ahead of the 2022/23 season. [7] He was made redundant along with every other Wasps player and coach when the team entered administration on 17 October 2022. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Burger Odendaal". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Valke 14–74 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Down Touch Griffons 10–49 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 116–0 Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "SA Rugby Squad – Vodacom Blue Bulls : 2014 Absa Currie Cup Premier Division". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Burger on Bulls debut". Rugby365. 7 August 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Wasps Sign Lions Captain Burger Odendaal". www.wasps.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  8. ↑ Bridge, Bobby (17 October 2022). "Wasps' administration confirmed as 167 employees made redundant". CoventryLive. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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