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Josias Mathiem Ebersohn (born 23 February 1989) is a former South African
rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the Comparison of rugby league and rugby union, two codes of ru ...
professional player that usually played as a fly-half. He most recently played for the in the South African domestic
Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...
competition. He played domestic South African rugby for the between 2008 and 2012 and also played
Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ...
for the between 2010 and 2012. In 2013, he moved to
Perth Perth is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the Australian states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth most populous city in Aust ...
to join the , where he played between 2013 and 2015 before returning to Bloemfontein for the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division. He also represented the South Africa U20 side in 2008 and 2009. He retired after the 2017 season to become a farmer in the Hartswater area.


Personal

Sias and
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are the sons of Tiaan Ebersohn, a centre who played for the and . They were born and raised in
Bloemfontein, South Africa Bloemfontein, ( ; , "fountain of flowers") also known as Bloem, is one of South Africa's three capital cities and the capital of the Free State province. It serves as the country's judicial capital, along with legislative capital Cape Tow ...
and schooled at Grey College. Here they climbed the ranks and eventually represented the Free State schools team at the national Under-18
Craven Week The Craven Week is an annual rugby union tournament organised for schoolboys in the Republic of South Africa. The tournament started in July 1964, and is named after the legendary Springbok rugby union player and coach Dr Danie Craven. The to ...
. They were chosen to represent the South Africa Under-20 team at the
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and
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IRB Junior World Championship The World Rugby Under 20 Championship (known as the IRB Junior World Championship until 2014) is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and is contested by 12 men's junior nat ...
s. Both players were quickly grabbed into the rugby squad. They considered themselves a package deal, as they've been playing side-by-side from school level.


Squads

Sias Ebersohn was involved in the following squads: *2013–2015 **
Western Force The Western Force is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia, currently competing in Super Rugby Pacific. They previously played in Super Rugby from 2006 until they were axed from the competition in 2017. F ...
(
Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ...
) *2011–2012 ** Toyota Free State Cheetahs (
Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...
) **
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(
Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ...
) *2010 **
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( Super 14) ** Vodacom Free State Cheetahs (
Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...
) ** Vodacom Free State Cheetahs (
Vodacom Cup The Vodacom Cup was an annual rugby union competition in South Africa. Annual Vodacom Cup competitions were played between its inaugural season in 1998 and 2015 and was contested between February and May each year. The Vodacom Cup was the succes ...
) ** Vodacom Free State Cheetahs (ABSA Under 21 Competition) *2009 ** Vodacom Free State Cheetahs (
Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...
) **
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...
(
IRB Junior World Championship The World Rugby Under 20 Championship (known as the IRB Junior World Championship until 2014) is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and is contested by 12 men's junior nat ...
) – Captain ** Vodacom Free State Cheetahs (ABSA Under 21 Competition) ** Vodacom Free State Cheetahs (
Vodacom Cup The Vodacom Cup was an annual rugby union competition in South Africa. Annual Vodacom Cup competitions were played between its inaugural season in 1998 and 2015 and was contested between February and May each year. The Vodacom Cup was the succes ...
) *2008 **
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...
(
IRB Junior World Championship The World Rugby Under 20 Championship (known as the IRB Junior World Championship until 2014) is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and is contested by 12 men's junior nat ...
) ** Vodacom Free State Cheetahs (ABSA Under 21 Competition) ** Vodacom Free State Cheetahs (
Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...
) ** Vodacom Free State Cheetahs (
Vodacom Cup The Vodacom Cup was an annual rugby union competition in South Africa. Annual Vodacom Cup competitions were played between its inaugural season in 1998 and 2015 and was contested between February and May each year. The Vodacom Cup was the succes ...
) **
Shimlas The University of the Free State is a multi-campus public university in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State and the judicial capital of South Africa. It was first established as an institution of higher learning in 1904 as a tertiary s ...
( FNB Varsity Cup) *2007 **SA Schools (SA Schools) ** Free State ( U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week) *2006 ** Free State ( U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week) *2005 ** Free State (U16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week)


Super Rugby Statistics


References


External links


Western Force Player ProfileCheetahs Profile
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ebersohn, Sias 1989 births South African rugby union players Cheetahs (rugby union) players Western Force players Free State Cheetahs players Rugby union fly-halves Afrikaner people Alumni of Grey College, Bloemfontein South African expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Australia South African expatriate sportspeople in Australia Rugby union players from Bloemfontein Living people South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players