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| Full name | Irné Philip Herbst | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 May 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Witbank, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 117 kg (258 lb; 18 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hoërskool Waterkloof, Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Irné Philip Herbst (born 4 May 1993) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with English team Harlequins in the Premiership Rugby. [1] His regular position is lock. [2]
Herbst was born in Witbank and earned a call-up to represent Mpumalanga at primary school level at the Under-13 Craven Week in 2006. At high school level, he attended Hoërskool Waterkloof in Pretoria, where he was chosen to represent the Blue Bulls at the Under-18 Craven Week in 2011. He was included in a South Africa Schools squad that beat their counterparts from France 21–14 in August 2011. [3]
After high school, he joined the Blue Bulls academy, making nine appearances for a Blue Bulls U19 side that reached the final of the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, where they lost to Western Province U19. [4]
He was selected in the South Africa Under-20 squad that played in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship held in France. [5] He started all five of their matches in the tournament, scoring a try in their semi-final defeat to Wales, [6] a result which eliminated South Africa from the competition, eventually finishing third after beating New Zealand in their final match. [7]
Herbst returned to domestic action in South Africa by making twelve appearances for the Blue Bulls U21 team in the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He scored one try in their defeat to Western Province U21 [8] as his side reached the final, where they lost to the same opposition. [9]
He played in the 2014 Varsity Cup competition for Pretoria-based university side UP Tuks, making four appearances, and then made a further eleven starts for the Blue Bulls U21s in the 2013 edition of the Under-21 Provincial Championship. In a repeat of the 2013 final, they again faced Western Province, but turned the tables on this occasion, winning the match 20–10 to be crowned champions. [10]
Herbst's 2015 season again started with him representing UP Tuks in the Varsity Cup, where he made seven starts. He was also named in a Varsity Cup Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament and played in their match against the South Africa Under-20 squad as they prepared for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. [11] However, he then suffered a knee injury that kept him out for the entire season. [12]
He made his return in 2016, making his domestic first class debut in the Blue Bulls defeat to Western Province in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series. [13]
In 2017 Herbst signed for Italian team Benetton. He played in Italy until 2021−22 season. [14] [15]
On 5 May 2022, Herbst moved to England to join Harlequins in the Premiership Rugby ahead of the 2022-23 season. [16]
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