Cyle Brink

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Cyle Brink
Full nameCyle Justin Brink
Date of birth (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight113 kg (17 st 11 lb; 249 lb)
School King Edward VII School, Johannesburg
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Current team Bulls / Blue Bulls
Youth career
2012–2015 Golden Lions
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014–2018 Golden Lions XV 20 (25)
2016–2020 Lions 45 (25)
2016–2019 Golden Lions 22 (20)
2020–2021 Leicester Tigers 19 (10)
2022– Bulls 7 (15)
2022– Blue Bulls 3 (10)
Correct as of 23 July 2022
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014 South Africa Under-20 5 (0)
Correct as of 21 May 2018

Cyle Justin Brink (born 16 January 1994) is a South African rugby union player for Bulls in the United Rugby Championship and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup. His regular position is flanker.

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Career

Youth

While at school at King Edward VII School, Brink was called up to the Golden Lions side for the 2012 Under-18 Craven Week tournament. The following year, he played in ten matches for the Golden Lions U19 side during the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition. During September, he was also drafted into the Golden Lions U21 side, making four starts for that side during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

In 2014, Brink was included in the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship to be held in New Zealand. [1]

Golden Lions

Brink made his first class debut for the Golden Lions during the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. He started in their opening day match against the Leopards in Potchefstroom, helping them to an 18–16 victory. [2] Two weeks later, in his second match for the Golden Lions, he scored his first senior try against neighbours Blue Bulls, but it was not enough to prevent them falling to a 22–20 defeat. [3] He also scored two tries in their match against the whipping boys of the competition, the Limpopo Blue Bulls, [4] getting a try in each half to help the team to a 110–0 win. He made a total of eight starts during the competition – starting all of them and scoring three tries.

Lions

Brink made his debut for the Lions [5] team against the Cheetahs. [6]

Leicester Tigers

On 10 March 2020, Brink would travel to England to sign for Leicester Tigers in the Gallagher Premiership on an undisclosed deal from the 2020–21 season. [7]

Bulls

On 20 December 2021 it was announced that Brink would leave Leicester on 31 December 2021 to join the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship. [8]

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "Junior Springboks named for JWC 2014". South African Rugby Union. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards XV 16–18 Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 22–20 Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls 0–110 Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "VODACOM SUPER RUGBY SQUAD". www.lionsrugby.co.za. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Lions maul Cheetahs".
  7. ↑ "Cycle Brink: Leicester Tigers sign Lions forward". BBC Sport. 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Cyle Brink: Leicester Tigers agree to release back-rower to join South African side Bulls". BBC Sport. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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