Ben Pienaar
| Born | Benjamin Pienaar 10 September 1986 Virginia, Free State, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Gresham's, Langley School, Loddon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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
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- ^ a b c Ben Pienaar at Leicester Tigers profiles online (accessed 12 April 2009)
- ^ 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)
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