Warren Whiteley

Warren Whiteley

Full name	Warren Roger Whiteley
Date of birth	(1987-09-18) 18 September 1987
Place of birth	Durban, South Africa
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 240 lb)
School	Glenwood High School
University	North-West University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number eight Current team Template:Rut Lions / Template:Rut Golden Lions / Template:Rut Golden Lions XV Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2008–2009 Template:Rut Sharks XV 13 (20) 2009 Template:Rut Mighty Elephants 5 (5) 2010–present Template:Rut Golden Lions XV 12 (20) 2010–present Template:Rut Golden Lions 53 (40) 2011–present Template:Rut Lions 90 (70) 2016–2018 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes 4 (0) Correct as of 28 October 2018 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–2014 South Africa Sevens 2014–present South Africa 22 (15) 2015 Springboks 1 (0) Correct as of 4 November 2018

Warren Whiteley

Medal record
Representing South Africa
Men's Rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games
	2014 Glasgow	Team

Warren Roger Whiteley (born 18 September 1987) is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team, the Template:Rut Lions in Super Rugby, the Template:Rut Golden Lions in the Currie Cup and the Template:Rut Golden Lions XV in the Rugby Challenge. His regular playing position is eighthman. He has previously played for the Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup) and the Blitzbokke.

Whiteley has been the captain of the Lions in Super Rugby since 2014 when they team was re-introduced to the competition. The team has reached two finals in 2016 and 2017, which were losses against the Hurricanes and Crusaders respectively, since Whiteley was named captain.

In 2016 Whiteley became a regular starter for the Springoks following injury to the regular number 8 Duane Vermeulen in the second test against Ireland. Following Vermeulen's injury, Whiteley played the full 80 minutes of every game for the rest of the year, with the exception of the Barbarians fixture on 5 November, which Whiteley did not play in. Whiteley also scored three tries that year, crossing over the line against Argentina, Australia and Ireland,

Whiteley was named the new 58th captain of the Springboks in 2017, following Adriaan Strauss' retirement from international rugby. Whiteley was ruled out of the final mid-year test against France due to injury however, being replaced as captain by Stormers lock Eben Etzebeth. Whiteley missed the Super Rugby playoffs due to injury, with Jaco Kriel taking over as captain of the Lions. Whiteley is expected to miss the majority of the 2017 Rugby Championship through injury.

External links

• "SA Rugby Player Profile – Warren Whiteley". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
• Lions profile
• itsrugby.co.uk profile
• ultimaterugby.com blitzbokke