Marno Redelinghuys (born ) is a South African

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player contracted in North America with the

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. His regular position is flanker. Redelinghuys was born in

Klerksdorp Klerksdorp ( ) is located in the North West Province (South Africa), North West Province, South Africa. Klerksdorp is located southeast of Mahikeng, the provincial capital. Klerksdorp was also the first capital of the then Transvaal Republic and u ...

in the North West province of South Africa and started his professional career at the rugby union, where he played Currie Cup, Vodacom Cup and SuperSport Rugby Challenge. Marno played for from 2014 to 2017 in the

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and joined in 2018. After representing in the 2018

final, Redelinghuys moved to

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to join in the Rugby Challenge and played for the in the

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competition. Redelinghuys moved to the U.S. in December 2019 and participated in the

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(MLR) competition from 2020 to 2024 with

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and the

. He also represented

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, for 3 season in the American Rugby Premiership (APR).

References

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