Brett Wilkinson
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Brett Wilkinson is a South Africa
n born rugby union
player for Connacht
in the RaboDirect Pro12. He plays as a prop.
Brett came to prominence playing for the University of Cape Town
and after a successful season in 2005 was made a number of offers, but chose to move to Europe and play for Connacht.
Although born in South Africa
he now qualifies to play for Ireland on the 3 year residency rule. Wilkinson was called to train with the Ireland squad in 2009. Wilkinson has been capped for Ireland Wolfhounds, the second tier team for Ireland.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n born rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player for Connacht
Connacht Rugby
Connacht Rugby is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Connacht that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 comprising teams from the Celtic nations plus Italy. Normally, it also competes in the second-tier pan-European club competition, the European Challenge Cup...
in the RaboDirect Pro12. He plays as a prop.
Brett came to prominence playing for the University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, and is the oldest university in South Africa and the second oldest extant university in Africa.-History:The roots of...
and after a successful season in 2005 was made a number of offers, but chose to move to Europe and play for Connacht.
Although born in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
he now qualifies to play for Ireland on the 3 year residency rule. Wilkinson was called to train with the Ireland squad in 2009. Wilkinson has been capped for Ireland Wolfhounds, the second tier team for Ireland.