Full name | Hanro Jacobs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 14 March 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 122 kg (269 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Hanro Jacobs (born 14 March 2000) is a South African rugby union player for the Sharks in Super Rugby and the Sharks in the Currie Cup. [2] His regular position is prop.
Jacobs was named in the Sharks squad for both the Super Rugby Unlocked competition. [3] Jacobs made his Sharks debut in Round 1 of the 2020 Currie Cup Premier Division against the Pumas. [4]
Juan Martín Hernández is an Argentine retired rugby union player. A mainstay of the Argentina national team The Pumas. He played for the club Toulon in the French Top 14 competition. His 2010 move to Racing brought him back to the city where he had begun his professional career in 2003 with Stade Français. He has also played in the South African Currie Cup with the Sharks, and was slated to play with the Sharks in Super Rugby in 2010, but suffered a back injury that knocked him out of the Super Rugby season. Hernández is a "utility back" capable of playing at fly-half, centre, or fullback, though he generally prefers fly-half.
François Philippus Lodewyk Steyn is a South African former professional rugby union player. A utility back who represented his country, he was able to play as a centre, fly-half, full-back and wing.
Rosko Shane Specman is a South African rugby union player for the Bulls in Super Rugby, the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Blue Bulls XV in the Rugby Challenge. He played rugby sevens for the South Africa national rugby sevens team between 2014 and 2018 and also played Currie Cup rugby with the Sharks from 2010 to 2012, the Pumas from 2013 to 2015 and the Free State Cheetahs in 2017. His usual position is winger.
EW Viljoen is a South African rugby union player playing for the Johannesburg based Lions. He previously played for the Stormers in Super Rugby and Western Province in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge, while also representing the Leicester Tigers. It was announced on the 14th of July 2020 that Viljoen would be joining the Lions. He is a utility back that can play as a fullback, winger or centre.
Christopher William Smith is a South African rugby union player for the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup. His regular position is fly-half.
Super Rugby Unlocked was a professional rugby union competition played in South Africa from 10 October to 21 November 2020. Sponsored by communications company Vodacom, the tournament replaced the South African component of the incomplete 2020 Super Rugby season that was shut down in March of that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kwanda Dimaza is a South African rugby union player for the Pumas in the Currie Cup. His regular position is flanker or number 8.
Stephan de Jager is a South African rugby union plays for the Griffons in the Currie Cup. His regular position is prop.
Brandon Valentyn is a South African rugby union player for the Pumas in the Currie Cup. His regular position is lock.
Theo Boshoff is a South African rugby union player for the Griquas in the Currie Cup. His regular position is fly-half.
The 2020–21 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 82nd edition of the top tier of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. It was sponsored by beer brand Carling Black Label and organised by the South African Rugby Union. The competition was won by the Blue Bulls, who beat the Sharks 26–19 after extra time in the final played at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria on 30 January 2021.
Tristan Leyds is a South African rugby union player for the Western Province in the Currie Cup. His regular position is wing or fullback.
Ewart Potgieter is a South African rugby union player for the Pumas in the Currie Cup. His regular position is flanker.
Japie Kleinhans is a South African rugby union player for the Pumas in the Currie Cup. His regular position is centre, wing or fullback.
Jaden Hendrikse is a South African professional rugby union player for the Sharks in Super Rugby Unlocked and the Sharks in the Currie Cup. His regular position is scrum-half.
Duncan Saal is a South African rugby union player for the Cheetahs in Super Rugby Unlocked and Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup. His regular position is wing.
Giovan Snyman is a South African rugby union player for the Pumas in the Currie Cup. His regular position is scrum-half.
The 2021 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 83rd edition of the top tier of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. It was sponsored by beer brand Carling Black Label and organised by the South African Rugby Union.
Hanru Sirgel is a South African rugby union player for the Griquas in the Currie Cup. His regular position is flanker.
Murray Koster is a South African rugby union player from East London, Eastern Cape. He plays for the Sharks franchise as a centre.