Ben Pienaar (born 10 September 1986) is a

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player for

London Welsh London Welsh Rugby Football Club () was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Richmond-upon-Thames, London Welsh RFC played in the English Premiership in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, after gaining promotion from ...

in the

Aviva Premiership Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby u ...

, having formerly played for

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home ...

in the

.Ben Pienaar
at Leicester Tigers profiles online (accessed 12 April 2009) Born in South Africa, Pienaar previously played for

Langley School, Loddon Langley School is an HMC private co educational day, weekly, flexi and full boarding school situated near the market town of Loddon in South Norfolk, England. The current headmaster is Simon Cooke, who has been in post since 2024, and the sch ...

before moving to

Gresham's School Gresham's School is a private school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) in Holt, Norfolk, England, one of the top thirty International Baccalaureate schools in England. The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a f ...

and for England Schools, He represented

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from U-14s to U-16s, then was capped by England at U-16 and U-19 level. Outside rugby, Pienaar is also a past Junior National Champion at

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. Following injury and suspension of the more established number eights at Tigers, Pienaar had an opportunity for a run in the first team earning the praise of the coaches in the process. Pienaar was added to Tigers

Heineken Cup The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Investec Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the top-tier competition for clubs who compete in a pre ...

squad for the knock-out stages of the 2008–09 competition.

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Leicester profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pienaar, Ben 1986 births Living people South African rugby union players Leicester Tigers players Birmingham Moseley Rugby players People educated at Gresham's School People educated at Langley School, Loddon Rugby union players from the Free State (province) 21st-century South African sportsmen