Shane Spring

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Shane Spring
Full nameShane Michael Spring
Date of birth (1988-03-25) 25 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth King William's Town, South Africa
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb)
School Dale College
University ETA College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker / No 8 / Winger
Youth career
2004–2006 Border Bulldogs
2007–2008 Sharks
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015 Old Selbornians 4 (0)
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011–2013 Border Bulldogs 42 (40)
2014 Baia Mare 8 (10)
2015 Ordizia 6 (10)
Correct as of 18 November 2015

Shane Michael Spring (born 25 March 1988) is a South African rugby union player, who most recently played for Spanish División de Honor de Rugby side Ordizia. [1] His regular position is loose-forward or winger.

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Career

Youth

He represented the Border Bulldogs at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2004, and the Under–18 Craven Week in both 2005 and 2006. He then joined the Sharks, where he was included in their Under–19 squad in 2007 and their Under–21 squad in 2008.

He was also included in national team training groups at Under–16 [2] and Under–20 level.

Border Bulldogs

His senior debut came when he returned to the Border Bulldogs for the 2011 Vodacom Cup season when he played in the opening day defeat to the Leopards. [3] He established himself as a regular for the Bulldogs, playing in the majority of the games for them between 2011 and 2013.

Baia Mare

He was released by the Border Bulldogs at the end of 2013 and joined Romanian SuperLiga side Baia Mare. [4] He scored two tries for them during the 2014 Superliga season [5] to help them win the title. [6]

Old Selbornians

He was released by Baia Mare at the start of 2015 [7] and returned to South Africa. He joined Old Selbornians club and was included in their squad to participate in the 2015 SARU Community Cup. [8]

Ordizia

After his spell at Old Selbornians, he returned to Europe for the 2015–2016 season, joining Spanish División de Honor de Rugby side Ordizia. [9] [10] He made six appearances for the team, scoring two tries, [11] but was released after just four months with the Basque side. [12] [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Shane Spring". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Talle spelers van WP pronk in SA groen groep". Die Burger. 10 July 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border 21–27 Leopards". South African Rugby Union. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "CSM Ştiinţa şi-a prezentat noile transferuri" (in Romanian). Rugby Baia Mare. 27 February 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "SuperLiga Player Profile Shane Spring" (in Romanian). SuperLiga. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "CSM Stiinta Baia Mare, campioana editiei 2014 a SuperLigii CEC Bank" (in Romanian). SuperLiga. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "CSM Știința Baia Mare le-a reziliat contractele lui Spring și Taufa" (in Romanian). Ziarul de Sport. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "SA Rugby Squad – Kempston Old Selbornians : 2015 Cell C Community Cup". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Spring, 3. lerroko hegoafrikar jokalaria izango du AMPOk" (Press release) (in Basque). Ordizia. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "El Ampo Ordizia ficha al sudafricano Shane Spring". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 24 July 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Ficha Federado – Shane Spring". Spanish Rugby Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "Komunikatua" (Press release) (in Basque). Ordizia. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  13. ↑ "El Ordizia rescinde el contrato de Taavili y Spring". Noticias de Gipuzkoa (in Spanish). 15 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
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