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Ben Pienaar

Ben Pienaar

South African rugby union player

Ben Pienaar (born 10 September 1986) is a rugby union player for London Welsh in the Aviva Premiership, having formerly played for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership.[2]

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Born in South Africa, Pienaar previously played for Langley School, Loddon before moving to Gresham's School and for England Schools,[3]

He represented Norfolk from U-14s to U-16s, then was capped by England at U-16 and U-19 level.[2]

Outside rugby, Pienaar is also a past Junior National Champion at judo.[2]

Following injury and suspension of the more established number eights at Tigers, Pienaar had an opportunity for a run in the first team earning the praise of the coaches in the process.[4] Pienaar was added to Tigers Heineken Cup squad for the knock-out stages of the 2008–09 competition.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Gloucester Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  2. [2]
    Ben Pienaar at Leicester Tigers profiles online (accessed 12 April 2009)
  3. [3]
    Good Win For Ireland Schools Archived 20 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine report dated 8 April 2004 at irishrugby.ie (accessed 20 February 2008)
  4. [4]
    "Rookies earn rave reviews". Sky Sports. 21 March 2009. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  5. [5]
    "Bath and Tigers boost Euro squads". The BBC. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
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