Courtnall Skosan

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Courtnall Skosan
Full nameCourtnall Douglas Skosan
Date of birth (1991-07-24) 24 July 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight93 kg (14 st 9 lb; 205 lb)
School Hoërskool Brackenfell
University Northlink College
Occupation(s)Professional Rugby player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger
Current team Stormers
Youth career
2010–2012 Blue Bulls
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012–2013 UP Tuks 13 (25)
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011–2013 Blue Bulls 12 (35)
2014–2021 Lions 84 (190)
2014–2018 Golden Lions XV 3 (20)
2014–2021 Golden Lions 40 (110)
2021– Northampton Saints 19 (60)
Correct as of 23 May 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011 South Africa Under-20 3 (5)
2016 South Africa 'A' 2 (0)
2017 South Africa 12 (10)
Correct as of 17 April 2018

Courtnall Douglas Skosan (born 24 July 1991) is a South African rugby player for DHL Stormers.

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Club career

He played for the Blue Bulls at Under-19 and Under-21 level, earning a call-up to the South Africa Under-20 team for the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship. He graduated to the senior team, making his debut for the Blue Bulls in the 2011 Vodacom Cup game against the Sharks XV. [1]

He remained at the Blue Bulls until the end of the 2013 season, making just twelve appearances. He then moved to the Golden Lions for 2014. [2]

He also played for UP Tuks in their victorious 2012 and 2013 Varsity Cup campaigns.

In August 2021, he signed a contract with Premiership club Northampton Saints. [3]

At the end of the 2022/2023 season, Skosan announced he would be departing Saints [4] to play for the South African club DHL Stormers [5] .

International career

In 2016, Skosan was included in a South Africa 'A' squad that played a two-match series against a touring England Saxons team. [6] He was named in the starting line-up for their first match in Bloemfontein, [7] but ended on the losing side as the visitors ran out 32–24 winners. [8] He also started the second match of the series, a 26–29 defeat to the Saxons in George. [9]

In 2017, Skosan was named to the South Africa team contesting a 3-match series against France. He started the first game and was awarded a penalty try after a French player held him back illegally at the goal line. He scored his first try in a test match on 19 August 2017 in the Rugby Championship test match between South Africa and Argentina.

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References

  1. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Sharks XV 30–19 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "(T)Rickey kontraktering vir Leeus" (in Afrikaans). SupaRugby. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Skosan signs for Northampton Saints". SA Rugby. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "News // Skosan to leave Saints at the end of the season". Northampton Saints. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "Skosan to wing it for DHL Stormers". The Stormers. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Ackermann to coach SA 'A' against Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 28 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Youth and experience for SA 'A' opener against Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa "A" 24–32 England Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa "A" 26–29 England Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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