Skipper Badenhorst (born 1 December 1978 in

Oudtshoorn Oudtshoorn (, ), the "ostrich capital of the world", is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located between the Swartberg mountains to the north and the Outeniqua Mountains to the south. Two ostrich-feather booms, during 1865–1 ...

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 ...

) is a

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player for the

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in the

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 ...

competition and

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and e ...

. He plays as a

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Career

Skipper matriculated in 1996 from

Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (also known as Affies), is a public Afrikaans medium high school for boys situated in the suburb of Elandspoort in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The school was founded in 1920 by Jan Joubert and ...

also known as Affies. The team of 1996 won all 27 of its matches, accounting for such opponents as

Maritzburg College Maritzburg College is a semi-private English-medium high school for boys situated in the city of Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1863 and it's the oldest boys' high school in KwaZulu-Natal – and one of the o ...

, Grey College and

Pretoria Boys High School , motto_translation = "Through courage and labour" , location = , streetaddress = 251 Roper Street, Brooklyn , region = , city = Pretoria , province = ...

. The score against Boys’ High was a record 62-13. That team won the Beeld Trophy (the descendant of the Administrator's Cup and the Director's Trophy) for a record third successive year. He played in the South African Under 21 team of 1999 alongside

John Smit John William Smit, OIS, (born 3 April 1978) is a former South African rugby union player and former chief executive officer of the Sharks. He was the 50th captain of the South Africa national team, and led the team to win the 2007 Rugby World ...

and fellow alumni Johan Roets, Eugene Marx and Sarel Eloff. This team went on to win the equivalent of the under 21 world cup. Skipper has played provincial rugby for the Valke and Pumas before moving on to the Sharks. He has played

for the

Stormers The Stormers (known for sponsorship reasons as the DHL Stormers) is a South African professional rugby union team based in Cape Town in the Western Cape that competes in the United Rugby Championship, a trans-hemispheric competition that also ...

, the

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and the Cheetahs.

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20080720003026/http://www.rugby365.com/schools/profiles/585353.htm

External links

Sharks profile
1978 births Living people People from Oudtshoorn Afrikaner people Namibian rugby union players Sharks (rugby union) players Sharks (Currie Cup) players Bulls (rugby union) players Stormers players Pumas (Currie Cup) players Cheetahs (rugby union) players Rugby union hookers South African people of German descent South African people of Dutch descent South African emigrants to Namibia Free State Cheetahs players Namibia international rugby union players {{Namibia-rugbyunion-bio-stub