Cheslin Kolbe

Cheslin Kolbe

Player information
birthday	October 28, 1993
place of birth	Kraaifontein , South Africa
size	1.71 m
society
society	Stade Toulousain
position	Goalkeeper
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
2012-2017	Western Province	46 (65)
2013-2017	Stormers	49 (74)
2017 – today	Stade Toulousain	48 (92)
Teams in youth
Years	team
2009–2012	Western Province	()
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
2013	South Africa U-20	5 (10)
2015-2016	South Africa 7 series	30 (113)
2018 – today	South Africa	14 (40)
As of November 3, 2019

Cheslin Kolbe (born October 28, 1993 in Kraaifontein ) is a South African rugby union player who is currently under contract with the French club Stade Toulousain . He usually plays in the goalkeeper's position .

He was part of the South African 7-a-side rugby team that won the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and was part of the South African team. In 2019 he won the Rugby Union World Cup 2019 in Japan with the South African national rugby union team , the Springboks . In the final, he scored his team's second attempt .

Career

• Kolbe represented the Western Province at various youth levels, from the U16 Grant Khomo Week 2009 to the U21 Provincial Championship 2012.
• He has been on the South African national rugby 7 team since 2012. In 2013 he was part of the team at the 7th Rugby World Cup.
• In 2013 he was part of the SA U20 training group, which was preparing for the 2013 IRB World Junior Championship on a tour of Argentina, after which he was accepted into the team for the World Junior Championship.

Western Province

He made his provincial debut in the Vodacom Cup game against the Boland Cavaliers and a month later he was a substitute for the Stormers in the Super Rugby game against the Sharks .

He signed a three-year contract with Western Province until 2016.

2016 Summer Olympics

Kolbe was part of the 12-man team at the 2016 Summer Olympics . He was a substitute in the Group B game against Spain, which South Africa won 24-0.

Private life

Kolbe is the cousin of the South African sprinter Wayde van Niekerk , who won the gold medal in the 400-meter run at the 2016 Summer Olympics .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rugby World Cup: South Africa surge to glory as England fall short. Retrieved May 3, 2020 . 
2. ^ Kyle Brown back to command Springbok Sevens for Mission Moscow. ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ SA U20 training group named for Argentine tour. ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Steenkamp leads powerful SA U20 JWC squad.
5. ↑ SA Rugby Match Center - Regent Boland Cavaliers 17-17 DHL Western Province.
6. ↑ Van Aswegen to start at flyhalf. In: The Stormers. April 10, 2013, accessed April 10, 2013 . 
7. ^ New deal for WP's Kolbe. Planet Rugby, August 16, 2013; archived from the original on December 27, 2013 ; Retrieved August 13, 2013 (American English). 
8. ^ Rugby Sevens squad for Olympics named. ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ^ Rio 2016 - Men Schedule & Results - Olympic Rugby Sevens (RSA – ESP). In: rio2016.com. August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Olympic Games Men's Sevens, Match 2. World Rugby, August 9, 2016, accessed August 9, 2016 (British English). 
11. ↑ Twee neefs soek goud. In: Netwerk24. Netwerk24, July 16, 2016, accessed July 19, 2016 (Afrikaans).