| Full name | Jan Hendrik Stander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 April 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Phalaborwa, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hoërskool Monument, Krugersdorp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jan Hendrik Stander (born 21 April 1993) is a South African rugby union professional player who last played for the Pumas in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. [1] His regular position is lock.
Hailing from Phalaborwa, Stander was selected to represent Limpopo Blue Bulls at provincial level; he played for them at the 2006 Under-13 Craven Week, at the 2009 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and (despite still being Under-17) at the premier high school rugby union competition in South Africa, the 2010 Under-18 Craven Week held in Welkom.
However, he didn't complete his schooling in Limpopo. In 2011, he moved to Krugersdorp, where he attended Hoërskool Monument for his matric year. This made him eligible to play for the Golden Lions and he represented them at the 2011 Craven Week tournament in Kimberley.
Stander joined the Golden Lions academy in 2012 and featured in all thirteen of the Golden Lions U19 side's matches during the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship; he scored one try against Western Province U19 in an 18–27 defeat in Cape Town [2] The Golden Lions U19s finished the season in second spot on the log to qualify for the title play-offs; Stander started the semi-final, with his side losing 14–24 to Western Province U19 in Stellenbosch. [3]
Stander made his first class debut during the 2013 Vodacom Cup, starting their 22–27 defeat against the Falcons in Kempton Park. [4] He also started against the Blue Bulls [5] and played off the bench in their 19–30 defeat against the Griffons. [6]
After his involvement with the South Africa Under-20 squad on their tour of Argentina and in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship, he returned to South Africa to make nine appearances for the Golden Lions U21s in the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He scored one try in their 25–40 defeat to the Blue Bulls U21, [7] but still managed to help his side qualify for the title play-offs by finishing fourth on the log. He missed out on the semi-final, where the Golden Lions lost 41–44 to Western Province after extra time. [8]
Stander made a solitary appearance for the Golden Lions in the 2014 Vodacom Cup, playing off the bench in a 110–0 victory against his former side the Limpopo Blue Bulls in a match in Polokwane. [9] He started twelve of the Golden Lions U21s' matches during the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship, with tries against Border U21 [10] and Western Province U21 [11] helping his side reach the semi-finals once again. Like 2013, however, they were eliminated at the semi-final stage, this time losing 19–23 to the Blue Bulls with Stander playing the whole 80 minutes. [12]
Stander joined Nelspruit-based outfit the Pumas for the 2015 season [13] and made his debut for his new side in their opening match of the 2015 Vodacom Cup season, a 57–18 victory over the Griffons. [14] The Pumas won the Vodacom Cup for the first time in 2015, beating Western Province 24–7 in the final. [15] Stander made four appearances during the season.
In 2013, Stander was included in a South Africa Under-20 squad that toured Argentina as preparation for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship. [16] He was initially not selected in the final squad that participated at the tournament in France, [17] but was later included following an injury to Jannes Kirsten. [18] He was named on the bench for their third-place play-off match against New Zealand, but failed to take to the field in a 41–34 victory. [19]
The 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 73rd season in the competition since it started in 1889 and was contested from July to October 2011. The tournament is the top tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition. The MTN Golden Lions won the 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division.
The 2012 Vodacom Cup was played between 10 March and 18 May 2012 and was the 15th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions, as well as an invitational team, the Pampas XV from Argentina.
The 2013 Vodacom Cup was played between 9 March and 18 May 2013 and was the 16th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions, as well as Limpopo Blue Bulls and an invitational team, the Pampas XV from Argentina.
Limpopo Blue Bulls are a South African rugby union team that are a sub-union of the Blue Bulls Rugby Union and are therefore represented by the Blue Bulls in the annual Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup tournaments. They play out of Polokwane at the Peter Mokaba Stadium and draw players from the entire Limpopo province in South Africa. Between 2013 and 2015, the Limpopo Blue Bulls played as a separate team in the Vodacom Cup competition. Despite their first team not participating in first class rugby since 2015, they still have youth teams that participate in competitions such as the Under-21 and Under-19 Provincial Championships and in the Craven Week and Grant Khomo Week tournaments. They also have a women's team who compete in the South African Rugby Women's First Division.
The 2014 Vodacom Cup was played between 7 March and 16 May 2014 and was the 17th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. This edition of the Vodacom Cup was played between fourteen provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions, as well as the Limpopo Blue Bulls and Simba XV from Kenya.
The 2013 ABSA Under-21 Provincial Championship will be contested from 12 July to 26 October 2013. The tournament will feature the Under-21 players from the fourteen provincial rugby unions in South Africa.
The 2013 ABSA Under-19 Provincial Championship will be contested from 12 July to 26 October 2013. The tournament will feature the Under-19 players from the fourteen provincial rugby unions in South Africa.
The 2015 Vodacom Cup was contested from 6 March to 30 May 2015. The tournament was the 18th edition of the Vodacom Cup, an annual domestic South African rugby union competition, and was played between the fourteen provincial teams in South Africa, as well as the Limpopo Blue Bulls and Namibian side Welwitschias.
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