Heino Bezuidenhout

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Heino Bezuidenhout
Date of birth (1997-03-13) 13 March 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Roodepoort, South Africa
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb)
SchoolHTS Daniel Pienaar THS, Uitenhage
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Youth career
2010–2015 Eastern Province Kings
2016–2018 Blue Bulls
Correct as of 12 May 2018
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014–2015 South Africa Schools
2018–present South Africa Sevens 21 (15)
Correct as of 11 June 2018

Heino Bezuidenhout (born 13 March 1997) is a South African rugby union player. His regular position is outside centre in fifteens rugby and as a forward in sevens rugby.

Career

In 2015, he was named captain of the South Africa Rugby Sevens for the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games. [1]

He represented the Blue Bulls in the Under-19 and Under-21 Provincial Championships in 2016. The following year, he was selected in the UP Tuks Varsity Cup squad. [2]

He made his debut for the South Africa Sevens team at the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens, where South Africa finished third. [3]

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References

  1. Staff (8 September 2015). "Heino given Sevens honour in Samoa". sascoc.co.za. South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. Staff (18 March 2018). "Heino Bezuidenhout — Players, News, Fixtures and Live Results". ultimaterugby.com. Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. Staff. "HSBC Sevens World Series Standings". worldrugby.org. World Rugby. Retrieved 14 April 2018.