Lourens Adriaanse

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Lourens Adriaanse
Full nameLourens Cornelius Adriaanse
Date of birth (1988-02-05) 5 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb)
School Paarl Gimnasium
University Stellenbosch University
Notable relative(s) Jacobie Adriaanse (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead Prop
Youth career
2004–2009 Western Province
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009–2010 Maties 16 (0)
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011–2013 Griquas 37 (15)
2011–2013 Cheetahs 30 (0)
2014–2017 Sharks 62 (5)
2014–2016 Sharks (Currie Cup) 14 (15)
2017 Sharks XV 1 (0)
2017–2021 Pau 89 (23)
2021–2022 Sharks (Currie Cup) 15 (0)
2021–2022 Sharks 3 (0)
Correct as of 23 July 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009 South Africa Students 2 (0)
2013, 2016 South Africa 6 (0)
2014 Barbarians 2 (0)
2016 Springbok XV 1 (0)
Correct as of 26 November 2016

Lourens Cornelius Adriaanse (born 5 February 1988) is a South African rugby union rugby player who plays as a tighthead prop for Sharks in the South African Currie Cup.

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Career

Adriaanse was born in Cape Town and has played in the Western Province youth teams. He represented Maties in the Varsity Cup in 2009 and 2010, before moving to the Griquas for the 2011 season. His domestic performances saw a quick elevation to the Cheetahs Super Rugby team and he debuted in a match against the Reds in Brisbane. [1]

Adriaanse joined the Sharks for the start of the 2014 season. [2] He was included in their squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season [3] and made his debut for the Sharks in a 31–16 victory against the Bulls in Durban. [4] [5]

Adriaanse joined Pau on a three-year deal prior to the 2017–18 season. [6]

International

Adriaanse was called up to the South Africa squad for the 2013 mid-year rugby union tests against Italy, Scotland and Samoa, but he didn't play in any of the matches. He finally made his Springbok debut in a test against France on 23 November 2013 in Paris.

Personal life

Adriaanse is the younger brother of prop Jacobie Adriaanse. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Lourens Adriaanse". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Stut-skok vir GW, Cheetahs". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Beeld. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sharks 2014 squad" (Press release). Sharks. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Match Centre: Sharks v Bulls". SANZAR. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Cell C Sharks 31–16 Vodacom Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Le pilier droit international Sud-Africain Lourens Adriaanse s'engage !" (Press release) (in French). Section Paloise. 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jake White lok nóg 'n SA speler". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 13 May 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.


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