Irné Herbst
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Irné Philip Herbst | ||
| Born |
4 May 1993 Witbank, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Hoërskool Waterkloof, Pretoria | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Lock | ||
| Current club | Kings | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006 | Mpumalanga | ||
| 2011–2014 | Blue Bulls | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2014–2015 | UP Tuks | 11 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2016 | Blue Bulls | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–future | Kings | 0 | (0) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2011 | South Africa Schools | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | South Africa Under-20 | 5 | (5) |
|
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 25 October 2016. | |||
Irné Philip Herbst (born 4 May 1993) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Kings in Super Rugby.[1] His regular position is lock.
Rugby career
Schoolboy rugby
Herbst was born in Witbank and earned a call-up to represent Mpumalanga at primary school level at the Under-13 Craven Week in 2006. At high school level, he attended Hoërskool Waterkloof in Pretoria, where he was chosen to represent the Blue Bulls at the Under-18 Craven Week in 2011. He was included in a South Africa Schools squad that beat their counterparts from France 21–14 in August 2011.[2]
Youth and Varsity Cup rugby
After high school, he joined the Blue Bulls academy, making nine appearances for a Blue Bulls U19 side that reached the final of the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, where they lost to Western Province U19.[3]
He was selected in the South Africa Under-20 squad that played in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship held in France.[4] He started all five of their matches in the tournament, scoring a try in their semi-final defeat to Wales,[5] a result which eliminated South Africa from the competition, eventually finishing third after beating New Zealand in their final match.[6]
Herbst returned to domestic action in South Africa by making twelve appearances for the Blue Bulls U21 team in the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He scored one try in their defeat to Western Province U21[7] as his side reached the final, where they lost to the same opposition.[8]
He played in the 2014 Varsity Cup competition for Pretoria-based university side UP Tuks, making four appearances, and then made a further eleven starts for the Blue Bulls U21s in the 2013 edition of the Under-21 Provincial Championship. In a repeat of the 2013 final, they again faced Western Province, but turned the tables on this occasion, winning the match 20–10 to be crowned champions.[9]
Herbst's 2015 season again started with him representing UP Tuks in the Varsity Cup, where he made seven starts. He was also named in a Varsity Cup Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament and played in their match against the South Africa Under-20 squad as they prepared for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[10] However, he then suffered a knee injury that kept him out for the entire season.[11]
He made his return in 2016, making his domestic first class debut in the Blue Bulls defeat to Western Province in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series.[12]
References
- ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Irné Herbst". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – SA Schools 21-14 France U18 A". South African Rugby Union. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 22-18 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "SA Rugby Squad – South Africa : 2013 IRB Junior World Championship". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 17-18 Wales". South African Rugby Union. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 41-34 New Zealand". South African Rugby Union. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 21-32 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 30-23 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Western Province U21 10-20 Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Varsity Cup XV 24-31 South Africa U/20". South African Rugby Union. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "Visser, Visagie out of Japan tour" (Press release). Bulls. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 30-16 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.