Joshua Stander
| Full name | Joshua Trevor Stander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 January 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cradock, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Queen's College, Queenstown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joshua Trevor Stander (born 1 January 1994) is a South African professional rugby union player for the Stormers in Super Rugby and Western Province in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge.[1] His regular position is fly-half.
Career
[edit]Youth
[edit]Stander went to school in Queenstown, where he earned a few call-ups to the youth sides of the Border Bulldogs. At primary school level, he was selected for the Border side that played at the 2007 Under-13 Craven Week competition. At high school level, he played for Queen's College and represented Border at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2010 and the Under-18 Craven Week in 2011. He was also eligible to play at the 2012 Craven Week, but was not picked as he had agreed to join the Pretoria-based Blue Bulls[2] and fell foul of a newly-adopted Border Rugby Football Union policy of not picking players for their Craven Week squad that already signed contracts with other unions.
Stander made just one appearance for the Blue Bulls U19 side in the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship, playing off the bench and slotting a conversion in a 56-7 win against former side Border U19 in East London.[3]
Stander also played for the Blue Bulls U21 side in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship. His game against the Border U21 turned out to be a memorable one as he scored two tries and kicked twelve conversions for a personal points haul of 34 points as the Blue Bulls recorded a 143–0 win.[4]
Blue Bulls
[edit]His first class career started in the 2014 Vodacom Cup. After being an unused substitute in their matches against Griquas[5] and the Pumas,[6] he made his debut for the Blue Bulls in their match against the Leopards XV in Leeudoringstad, kicking two conversions in the match as they secured a 30–26 victory.[7] Further appearances followed in their matches against the Falcons[8] and the Griffons[9] before Stander scored his first career try against the Limpopo Blue Bulls, also slotting five conversions in the match despite only coming off the bench in the second half.[10]
Stander was included in the Blue Bulls' Currie Cup side for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division and was named on the bench for their Round Three clash against the Eastern Province Kings in Pretoria.[11] He did not make an appearance in that match, but was promoted to the starting line-up the following week for their match against Western Province after Tony Jantjies and Jacques-Louis Potgieter were ruled out due to injury and illness.[12]
External links
[edit]- Blue Bulls player profile Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- itsrugby.co.uk Player profile
References
[edit]- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Joshua Stander". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "WP lok twee top-losskakels na die Kaap" (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 11 July 2012. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border 7–56 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls U21 143–0 Border U21". South African Rugby Union. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 24–26 GWK Griquas". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Steval Pumas 22–20 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards XV 26–30 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 54–7 Valke". South African Rugby Union. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Down Touch Griffons 10–49 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 116–0 Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Ludeke rings the changes" (Press release). Blue Bulls. 21 August 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "Potgieter ruled out of WP game". SuperSport. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.