Imad Khan

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Imad Khan
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Date of birth (2003-12-02) 2 December 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Height179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight77 kg (12 st 2 lb; 170 lb)
School Bishops Diocesan
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrumhalf
Current team Stormers
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
– Ikey Tigers ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
– Stormers ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
– Western Province ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
– South Africa U20

Imad Khan (born 2 December 2003) is a South African rugby union player who currently plays as a scrum-half for the Western Province Currie Cup team and DHL Stormers. [1]

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Khan has also represented SA Schools, Junior Springboks, Western Province rugby, UCT IKey Tigers, and recently made his debut for the DHL Stormers. [1]

Early life and education

Imad Khan was born on 2 December 2003 in Cape Town, South Africa. [1] He attended Bishops Diocesan College for the entirety of his schooling career. [1] Khan went on to attend the University of Cape Town where he played for the Ikey Tigers Varsity Cup team. [1]

Rugby career

In 2021, Khan was selected to represent the U18 SA Schools team and also represented Bishops Diocesan College at a first team level. [2]

In 2022, Khan was contracted to represent Western Province/Stormers. [3] Imad was also selected to represent and play for the various Western Province rugby age groups throughout the year, namely the U19, [4] U20 and U21 Western Province teams. Imad also represented the UCT Ikey Tigers for the 2022 Varsity Cup rugby tournament. [5]

Khan was further selected to be a part of the Junior Springboks team who won the 2022 U20 Six Nations Summer Series in Italy, where he scored a try against France. [6]

In 2023, Imad made his URC debut for the DHL Stormers against Glasgow [7] and also played for the U20 Western Province team. Following his success at the U20 level, Khan was called up to the Western Province Currie Cup team and made his debut against the Griquas. [8]

John Dobson, DHL Stormers head coach, stated that he believes "Imad Khan is going to be a star of SA rugby". [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Imad Khan". The Stormers. 24 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Imad Khan hat-trick helps Bishops win Cape derby against Rondebosch". SA Rugby magazine. 28 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Seven Junior Boks commit to WP Rugby". The Stormers. 2 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Khan comes in for DHL WP U19". WP Rugby. 4 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Bodlani, Lilitha (11 April 2022). "Five FNB Varsity Cup players who impressed (Round 9)". Varsity Cup.
  6. ↑ "SA's rugby conveyor belt still unmatched". TimesLIVE.
  7. ↑ "imad-khan - United Rugby Championship". www.unitedrugby.com.
  8. ↑ "Three debuts for DHL WP". WP Rugby. 31 March 2023.
  9. ↑ on, Published (7 January 2023). "'Imad Khan is going to be a star of SA rugby'". SA Rugby magazine.
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