Embrose Papier

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Embrose Papier
Full nameEmbrose Cheldon Papier
Date of birth (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Clanwilliam, South Africa
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb; 176 lb)
SchoolHoërskool Garsfontein
University University of Pretoria
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Bulls / Blue Bulls
Youth career
2010 Boland Cavaliers
2013–2018 Blue Bulls
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018–present Bulls 52 (30)
2018–2019 Blue Bulls XV 4 (15)
2018–present Blue Bulls 15 (20)
2019–2020 Sale Sharks 11 (0)
Correct as of 23 July 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014–2015 South Africa U18 6 (15)
2016–2017 South Africa U20 6 (10)
2018–present South Africa 7 (0)
Correct as of 21 July 2019

Embrose Cheldon Papier (born 25 April 1997) is a South African professional rugby union player for the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup. [1] His regular position is scrum-half.

Contents

Rugby career

2010–2015: Schoolboy rugby

Papier was born in Clanwilliam in the Western Cape. As early as primary school level, he earned provincial colours by representing the Boland Cavaliers at the 2010 Under-13 Craven Week tournament held in Graaff-Reinet. [2]

In 2011, he enrolled at Hoerskool Swartland, which is the Alma mater of current Springbok and 2019 World Rugby player of the Year, Pieter-Steph Du Toit. In 2013, he then moved to Pretoria, where he enrolled at Hoërskool Garsfontein. In 2013, he represented the Blue Bulls at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week held in Vanderbijlpark, [3] starting all three of their matches and scoring a try in their match against Eastern Province. [4]

In 2014, despite still being in the Under-17 age bracket, he was included in the Blue Bulls squad for the Under-18 Craven Week, South Africa's premier rugby union tournament at high school level. [5] He started all three matches at the tournament held in Middelburg, scoring a try in their 36–15 victory over KwaZulu-Natal. [6] After the tournament, he was included in a South Africa Schools team that hosted the Under-18 International Series against their counterparts from France, Wales and England. [7] Papier played off the bench in their 28–13 victory over France in their opening match, [8] but was promoted to the starting line-up for their second match against Wales, scoring a try in their 40–15 victory. [9] He was again used as a replacement for their final match against England, but could not prevent South Africa suffering a 22–30 defeat. [10]

Papier had a similar season in 2015; he started all three of the Blue Bulls' matches at the Craven Week in Stellenbosch, scoring a try in their 40–12 victory over his home province Boland. [11] He was once again included in the South Africa Schools squad, [12] this time starting all three of their matches and also being named the vice-captain of the team. He scored a try in their 42–11 victory over Wales, [13] and – after a 12–5 victory over France in their second match [14] – scored another in their 23–16 win over England to avenge their 2014 defeat. [15]

2016–2018: Youth rugby

After high school, Papier joined the Blue Bulls' academy for the 2016 season. Despite not being included in an initial South Africa Under-20 training squad, [16] or a reduced provisional squad named a week later, [17] Papier was included in the final South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship tournament to be held in Manchester in England. [18] He started their opening match in Pool C of the tournament on the bench, appearing for the final eight minutes as South Africa came from behind to beat Japan 59–19. [19] He did not feature in their second pool match, a 13–19 defeat to Argentina, [20] but started their final match, scoring South Africa's first try in the match as they bounced back to secure a 40-31 bonus-point victory over France. [21] The result meant South Africa secured a semi-final place as the best runner-up in the competition, but Papier suffered an ankle injury during a training session, which ended his involvement in the tournament. [22] South Africa faced three-time champions England in their semi-final match, but the hosts proved too strong for them, knocking them out of the competition with a 39–17 victory, [23] and they also lost the third-place play-off match against Argentina, as the South American side beat South Africa for the second time in the tournament, convincingly winning 49–19 [24] to condemn South Africa to fourth place in the competition.

Papier recovered from his injury towards the end of the 2016 Under-19 Provincial Championship, starting the Blue Bulls' final two matches of the regular season. He scored a try in the first of those, a 62–7 victory over Leopards U19, [25] before he helped the Blue Bulls secure second place on the log [26] with a 50–30 victory over Western Province U19. [27] He also started their semi-final match against Golden Lions U19, but a 34–24 victory for the team from Johannesburg ended the Blue Bulls' participation in the competition. [28]

In November 2016, Papier was named in the Bulls Super Rugby team's extended training squad during the team's preparations for the 2017 Super Rugby season. [29]

2019-2020: Sale Sharks

In September 2019, Papier joined Premiership rugby union side Sale Sharks on a three-month loan deal as Rugby World Cup cover for compatriot Faf de Klerk. [30]

Honours

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  2. ↑ "SA Rugby Squad – Boland : 2010 U13 Craven Week". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "SA Rugby Squad – Blue Bulls : 2013 U16 Grant Khomo Week". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls 30–26 Eastern Province". South African Rugby Union. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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  6. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – KwaZulu-Natal 15–36 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "SA Rugby Squad – SA Schools : 2014 SA Schools 2014". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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