Henri Boshoff
Full nameHenri Bossau Boshoff
Date of birth (1992-02-08) 8 February 1992
Place of birthNelspruit, South Africa
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight111 kg (17 st 7 lb; 245 lb)
SchoolHoërskool Nelspruit, Nelspruit
UniversityUniversity of Johannesburg
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Timișoara Saracens
Youth career
2005–2010 Pumas
2011–2013 Golden Lions
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2015 UKZN Impi 10 (5)
2015–2016 Kelso ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012–2013 Golden Lions XV 2 (5)
2015 Boland Cavaliers 5 (0)
2016–2018 Falcons 27 (5)
2018–present Timișoara Saracens 2 (0)
Correct as of 2 June 2018
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019– Zimbabwe 1 (0)

Henri Bossau Boshoff (born 8 February 1992 in Nelspruit, South Africa) is a Zimbabwean rugby union player, currently playing with SuperLiga side Timișoara Saracens.[1] His regular position is loosehead prop.[2]

Career

Pumas

Born and bred in Nelspruit, which falls within the Mpumalanga Rugby Union, Boshoff was selected to represent their Pumas side at various youth levels. As early as primary school level, he was selected in their Under-13 side that played at the Craven Week in 2005. Three years later, he represented them at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and in 2010, he played for them in the premier high school rugby union competition in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week held in Welkom.

Golden Lions / UJ

After school, he made the move to Johannesburg to join the Golden Lions academy. He appeared in all fourteen of the Golden Lions U19s matches during the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship, starting twelve of those, and also scored a try in their match against Gauteng rivals Blue Bulls.[3] They finished the regular season in second place on the log to qualify for the title play-offs; Boshoff started in both the 32–27 semi-final win against Western Province U19[4] and the final, where they won the title by beating the Blue Bulls U19s 20–19 in Johannesburg.[5]

Boshoff was included in the Golden Lions squad for the 2012 Vodacom Cup competition, but failed to make an appearance. In the second half of 2012, he played twice for the Golden Lions U21 side in the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship, as they reached the semi-finals of the competition.

He was once again included in their Vodacom Cup squad in 2013 and made his first class debut for them on 15 March 2013, starting in a 22–27 defeat to neighbours the Falcons in Kempton Park. Boshoff had an eventful debut; he took just 34 minutes to score his first senior try (putting them 12–7 up at the time), but also received a yellow card in the second half of the match.[6] He started one more match in the competition, a 19–30 defeat to the Griffons in Johannesburg.[7] He was included in UJ's squad for the 2013 Varsity Cup, but didn't appear in that competition. He made a further seven appearances for the Golden Lions U21 side during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship; he scored one try for them early on in the campaign against the Sharks U21[8] as they once again reached the play-offs. For the second season in a row, Boshoff's side was eliminated in the semi-finals, this time losing 41–44 to Western Province after extra time,[9] in Boshoff last appearance in a Golden Lions shirt.

UKZN Impi

In 2014, Boshoff moved joined KwaZulu-Natal university side UKZN Impi for the 2014 Varsity Shield competition. He was their first-choice loosehead prop during the competition, playing in all nine of their matches during the competition. He contributed one try – a first-minute try against UWC in a Round Four match in Cape Town[10] – and helped them to finish second in the log to qualify for the final. He played in the final, but ended on the losing side, with CUT Ixias winning the match 35–26 to clinch their second consecutive title.[11]

Boland Cavaliers

He was once again included in the UKZN Impi squad for the 2015 Varsity Shield, but he failed to make any appearances, instead making the move to Wellington, Western Cape to join the Boland Cavaliers prior to the 2015 Vodacom Cup competition. He immediately established himself in the side, starting their first match of the season, a 10–25 defeat to Western Cape rivals Western Province in Caledon.[12]

Kelso

After five appearances for Boland Cavaliers, Boshoff moved to Scotland, where he joined side Kelso.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Henri Boshoff". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Timișoara Saracens și-a mai adus un jucător nou înainte de debutul în Superligă". www.tmsport.ro (in Romanian). 6 September 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Lions 25–37 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Lions 32–27 Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Lions 20–19 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Valke 27–22 MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Down Touch Griffons 30–19 MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – The Sharks U21 17–24 MTN Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 44–41 MTN Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB UWC 24–33 FNB UKZN". South African Rugby Union. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB CUT 35–26 FNB UKZN". South African Rugby Union. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Boland Cavaliers 10–25 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "Oud-Stormer puik in Sarries-wegholsege". Pale Toe! (in Afrikaans). 14 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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