Entienne_Swanepoel

Entienne Swanepoel

Entienne Swanepoel

Rugby player

Jacobus Christoffel Entienne Swanepoel (born 9 March 1993) is a South African born Italian rugby union player for Italian Top12 side Rugby Rovigo Delta.[1][2] His regular position is tighthead prop.

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Club career

Western Province

Swanepoel was born in Sasolburg, but grew up in Cape Town. He was selected to represent Western Province at the premier high schools rugby union tournament in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week, held in Kimberley in 2011.[3]

After high school, he joined the Western Province Academy and made seven appearances for their Under-19 team in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship. However, he missed out on the title play-offs, which saw his side crowned champions by beating the Blue Bulls U19 team 22–18 in Durban.[4]

He made nine appearances for their Under-21 team that finished top of the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship to qualify for the semi-finals.[5] This time, Swanepoel did play in the play-off matches, starting their 44–41 victory over the Golden Lions in the semi-final[6] and their 30–23 victory over the Blue Bulls in the final.[7]

At the start of the following year, Swanepoel was included in the Western Province squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup.[8] He made his first class debut in their opening match of the competition against near-neighbours Boland Cavaliers in a 16–8 victory.[9] He made a further four starts during the regular season, helping Western Province to finish in fourth position in the Southern Section.[10] He also started in their quarter final match, where a 13–8 defeat to the Pumas ended their interest in the competition.[11] He started in Western Province U21s' opening match of the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship,[12] but suffered a knee injury that ruled him out of the remainder of 2014.[13]

He returned to action for Western Province during the 2015 Vodacom Cup competition, making two appearances; he started their 34–6 victory over the Border Bulldogs[14] and came on as a replacement in their 47–22 win over a Leopards XV.[15]

He was named in their senior squad for the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division,[16] but failed to make any appearances. He was loaned to the Boland Cavaliers, where he made his Currie Cup debut by coming on as a replacement in their 17–61 defeat to the Leopards in Potchefstroom, his only appearance in the competition.[17]

Blue Bulls

In August 2015, the Blue Bulls announced that they secured Swanepoel's services until October 2017.[18] He made his debut for them in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series by starting in their 16–30 defeat to his former side, Western Province,[19] making a total of ten appearances in the competition. He was then named in their squad for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division.[20]

Stade Français

Swanepoel joined French Top 14 side Stade Français at the start of 2017.[21]

Southern Kings

He returned to South Africa to join the Southern Kings for their first season in the expanded Pro14 competition.[22] He was used as a replacement in their first two matches of the season against Scarlets[23] and Connacht,[24] but suffered a concussion that ruled him out for their next two matches. After a further two appearances as a replacement against the Dragons[25] and Benetton,[26] he suffered a knee injury that ruled him out for six weeks, but he failed to make any further appearances during the season.

He made a single appearance for the Eastern Province Elephants on loan from the Kings in the domestic Rugby Challenge competition, starting their opening match of the competition against Western Province.[27]

Valsugana, Petrarca, Rovigo

In July 2018, Italian side Valsugana announced that Swanepoel would join them for their inaugural season in the Top12 following promotion from Serie A.[28][29] The following season, Swanepoel signed a one-year contract with the other team from Padova, Petrarca. After the premature cancellation of the championship amidst the COVID-19 emergency, on April 30, 2020, he was subsequently drafted by Rugby Rovigo Delta for the incoming season [30]

International career

On the 14 October 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad and on 16 December was named in Emerging Italy squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[31][32]

References

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    "SA Rugby Player Profile – Entienne Swanepoel". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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    "Rugby Rovigo: ingaggiato il sudafricano Entienne Swanepoel - I Bersagieri si muovono in vista della stagione di Top12 2020/21" (Press release) (in Italian). Rugby Meet. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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    "ITALIA EMERGENTI, CONVOCATO SWANEPOEL PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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