Jordan Chait

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Jordan Chait
Full nameJordan Chait
Date of birth (1997-01-26) 26 January 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Weight87 kg (13 st 10 lb; 192 lb)
School South African College High School
University Stellenbosch University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Current team Seattle Seawolves
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021–2022 Sharks 0 (0)
2021 → Tel Aviv Heat 6 (51)
2021–2022 Sharks (Currie Cup) 3 (13)
2023– Seattle Seawolves ()
Correct as of 20 February 2023
Medal record
Men's rugby union
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Maccabiah Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Israel Team competition

Jordan Chait (born 26 January 1997) is a South African rugby union player and vice captain for the Tel Aviv Heat in the Rugby Europe Super Cup. [2] [3] He also plays for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the U.S. His regular position is fly-half. [2]

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Early life

Jordan Chait was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, and is Jewish. [4] [5] [6] [7] His father Anton Chait won gold medals with South Africa at the 1989 Maccabiah Games and the 1993 Maccabiah Games (at which he was team captain), played flyhalf for Western Province in the 1990s, won the Currie Cup, and was later the team's head coach. [8] [9] [6]

Jordan Chait attended South African College High School from 2012 to 2015, the fourth generation in his family to attend the school after his father (Anton), grandfather (Geoff), and great-grandfather (David), where he played water polo and rugby. [5] [6] In 2014 he was named to the South African Schools U18 Water Polo team. [5] In 2015 he was SACS team captain, and earned a junior provincial contract with Western Province. [6] [10]

He attended Stellenbosch University from 2017 to 2019, where he played rugby. [6] He was part of South Africa's team at the 2017 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a silver medal. [11] [12]

Profesional career

Chait was named in the Sharks side (for whom he played in 2019–22) for the 2022 Currie Cup Premier Division. [13] He made his Currie Cup debut for the Sharks against the Griquas in Round 2 of the 2022 Currie Cup Premier Division. [14]

He plays for the Tel Aviv Heat since September 2022 (having also played for them on loan in 2019), and played for them in the Rugby Europe Super Cup. [15] [6] His regular position is fly-half. [2] He is the team's vice captain. [16]

Chait made his Major League Rugby (MLR) debut for the Seattle Seawolves on 18 February 2023, against the New York Ironworkers. [17] He was perfect in penalty kicks, going 6 for 6 in the victory. He was also awarded Man of the Match. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ "Jordan Chait". Sharks. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jordan Chait | THE TEAM". TelAvivHeat.com.
  3. ↑ "Jordan Chait". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Kamionsky, Saul (3 February 2022). "SA sportsmen turn up the Heat at European Super Cup". Jewish Report.
  5. 1 2 3 "WP Rugby scores Jordan Chait"
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jordan Chait". Seattle Seawolves.
  7. ↑ "Jordan Chait: a crisp definition of sporting youth". Jewish Report. 4 April 2019.
  8. ↑ Kamionsky, Saul (7 July 2022). "Maccabi rugby promises unbridled competition". Jewish Report.
  9. ↑ "Jordan Chait".
  10. ↑ "Captain's profile: Jordan Chait". rugby365.com.
  11. ↑ "Maccabi SA coup as Jonathan Kaplan roped in". Maccabi South Africa. 15 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "The ‘’Jewish Olympics’’ A Great Success For Maccabi South Africa"
  13. ↑ "Sharks squad". SA Rugby. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "Noa sees red as Sharks hang on against Griquas". SA Rugby Magazine. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  15. ↑ staff, Sport24. "Sharks flyhalf signs loan deal with Israeli club". Sport.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑ "Jordan Chait – Seattle Seawolves' fly-half falling back in love with the game in MLR". rugby-network.
  17. ↑ "Rising Rugby Talent Jordan Chait joins the Seawolves". Seattle Seawolves.
  18. ↑ on, Published (22 February 2023). "USA provides new dawn for Chait". SA Rugby magazine.


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