Skipper Badenhorst
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Skipper Badenhorst is a rugby union
player for the Central Cheetahs
in the Super 14
competition and Namibia
. He plays as a hooker.
also known as Affies. The team of 1996 won all 27 of its matches, accounting for such opponents as Maritzburg College
, Grey College
and Pretoria Boys High School
. The score against Boys’ High was a record 62-13. That team won the Beeld Trophy (the descendant of the Administrator’s Cup and the Director’s Trophy) for a record third successive year.
He played in the South African Under 21 team of 1999 alongside John Smit
and fellow alumni Johan Roets, Eugene Marx and Sarel Eloff. This team went on to win the equivalent of the under 21 world cup. Skipper has played provincial rugby for the Valke and Pumas
before moving on to the Sharks. He has played Super Rugby for the Stormers
, the Sharks and the Cheetahs.
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 the Central Cheetahs
Central Cheetahs
The Central Cheetahs, known for sponsorship reasons as the Toyota Cheetahs, is a South African rugby union team that entered the Super Rugby competition in 2006. The franchise area encompasses the Free State and Northern Cape. In terms of Currie Cup unions, the Cheetahs draw from Free State...
in the Super 14
Super 14
Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere...
competition and Namibia
Namibia national rugby union team
The Namibian rugby union team, nicknamed the Welwitschias or Biltongboere, represents Namibia at rugby union. Although they are a tier-three nation in the International Rugby Board tier system, the team have participated in all three Rugby World Cup competitions since their first appearance in 1999...
. He plays as a hooker.
Career
Skipper matriculated in 1996 from Afrikaanse Hoër SeunskoolAfrikaanse Hoër Seunskool
The Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool also known as Affies, is a public high school for boys situated in the city of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, opposite Loftus Versfeld, the rugby stadium and home of the Bulls and Blue Bulls.The school's founding on 28 January 1920 marked the establishment of the...
also known as Affies. The team of 1996 won all 27 of its matches, accounting for such opponents as Maritzburg College
Maritzburg College
Maritzburg College, known locally as College, is a public school for boys situated in the city of Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa....
, Grey College
Grey College, Bloemfontein
Grey College is a public school for boys located in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa, one of the 23 elite, historically significant and prestigious Milner Schools...
and Pretoria Boys High School
Pretoria Boys High School
Pretoria Boys High School, also known as Boys High or PBHS, is a public, fee charging, English medium high school for boys located in Brooklyn, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa....
. The score against Boys’ High was a record 62-13. That team won the Beeld Trophy (the descendant of the Administrator’s Cup and the Director’s Trophy) for a record third successive year.
He played in the South African Under 21 team of 1999 alongside John Smit
John Smit
John William Smit is the 50th and current captain of the South African national rugby union team, the Springboks. He has played most of his career as a hooker, but played twice for the Springboks off the bench as a prop prior to the South Africa coaching staff's decision to use him as a tighthead...
and fellow alumni Johan Roets, Eugene Marx and Sarel Eloff. This team went on to win the equivalent of the under 21 world cup. Skipper has played provincial rugby for the Valke and Pumas
Pumas (rugby team)
The Ford Pumas are a South African rugby union team that competes in the Premier Division of the 2011 Currie Cup. Based at Puma Stadium in Witbank as well as the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, the team draws their players from Mpumalanga Province .The Pumas won the Currie Cup First Division The...
before moving on to the Sharks. He has played Super Rugby for the Stormers
Stormers
The Stormers, for sponsorship reasons referred to as DHL Stormers, are a South African rugby union team based in Cape Town competing in the Super Rugby competition . Despite their lack of silverware over the years, their home stadium, Newlands, typically draws the highest average attendance figures...
, the Sharks and the Cheetahs.