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| university = [[University of the Free State]] |
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| position = [[Wing (rugby union)|Wing]] / [[Fullback (rugby union)|Fullback]] / [[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly-half]] |
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'''Cheslin Kolbe''' (born 28 October 1993) is a South African professional [[rugby union]] player who currently plays for [[Tokyo Sungoliath]] in the [[Japan Rugby League One]] and the [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa national team]].<ref name="SARU Player Profile Cheslin Kolbe">{{SA Rugby Player Profile | id=49348 | name=Cheslin Kolbe | date=30 May 2016}}</ref> His regular position is [[Wing (rugby union)|wing]], but he also plays at [[Fullback (rugby union)|fullback]]. He has also recently featured at fly half for [[Toulouse |
'''Cheslin Kolbe''' (born 28 October 1993) is a South African professional [[rugby union]] player and professional diver who currently plays for [[Tokyo Sungoliath]] in the [[Japan Rugby League One]] and the [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa national team]].<ref name="SARU Player Profile Cheslin Kolbe">{{SA Rugby Player Profile | id=49348 | name=Cheslin Kolbe | date=30 May 2016}}</ref> His regular position is [[Wing (rugby union)|wing]], but he also plays at [[Fullback (rugby union)|fullback]]. He has also recently featured at fly half for [[Toulouse Rugby|Toulouse]] in the [[Top 14]], and as a scrum half internationally. Kolbe was a member of the South Africa Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the [[Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Summer Olympics]]. He has won the Rugby World Cup twice with South Africa, in 2019 and 2023. Kolbe was nominated for 2019 [[World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year|World Rugby Player of the Year]] but lost to teammate [[Pieter-Steph du Toit]]. He is widely regarded as the best winger in the world. He previously played for Toulouse, Toulon, Stormers, and Western Province. He has won the World Cup, Rugby Championship, and Lions Series with the Springboks, the Top14, and Champions Cup with Toulouse, the Currie Cup with Western Province, and the Challenge Cup with Toulon. He is one of the highest paid rugby players in the world, with a reported salary of between ¥130-155 million [[Japanese yen|yen]] a season. |
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He has scored 14 tries in 31 tests for South Africa. He is one of the fastest rugby players ever with a time of 10.70 for the 100m. Kolbe is famous for his outstanding defensive capabilities-despite his diminutive frame-and stunning stepping and speed, as well as power in contact. He made his debut for South Africa in 2018 in a 23-18 loss to Australia. He rapidly became more well known and was soon regarded as a world-class player. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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===Test Match record=== |
===Test Match record=== |
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| align="center"|'''14'''|| {{ru|FRA}} || [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], France || [[Stade de France]] || [[2023 Rugby World Cup]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2023|October|15}} || Win || 28–'''29''' |
| align="center"|'''14'''|| {{ru|FRA}} || [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], France || [[Stade de France]] || [[2023 Rugby World Cup]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2023|October|15}} || Win || 28–'''29''' |
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| align="center"|'''15'''|| {{ru|IRE}} || [[Pretoria]], South Africa || [[Loftus Versfeld Stadium]] || [[2024 Ireland rugby union tour of South Africa|2024 Ireland tour of South Africa]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2024|July|6}} || Win || '''27'''–20 |
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Kolbe is a cousin of South African [[track and field]] [[sprint (running)|sprinter]] [[Wayde van Niekerk]],<ref name=Villiers2016>{{cite news |title=Rio a family affair for Wayde, Cheslin |first=Ockert |last=de Villiers |url= https://www.iol.co.za/sport/athletics/rio-a-family-affair-for-wayde-cheslin-2046196 |newspaper=Independent Online |date=17 July 2016 |access-date=23 September 2019}}</ref> who won the gold medal in the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|400 metres at the 2016 Olympics]] and is the current 300m and 400m world record holder. |
Kolbe is a cousin of South African [[track and field]] [[sprint (running)|sprinter]] [[Wayde van Niekerk]],<ref name=Villiers2016>{{cite news |title=Rio a family affair for Wayde, Cheslin |first=Ockert |last=de Villiers |url= https://www.iol.co.za/sport/athletics/rio-a-family-affair-for-wayde-cheslin-2046196 |newspaper=Independent Online |date=17 July 2016 |access-date=23 September 2019}}</ref> who won the gold medal in the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|400 metres at the 2016 Olympics]] and is the current 300m and 400m world record holder. |
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Kolbe married Layla Cupido is 2018 and |
Kolbe married Layla Cupido is 2018 and they have three children together.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cheslin Kolbe ties the knot on Top Billing |url=https://www.topbilling.com/articles/Cheslin-Kolbe-ties-the-knot-on-Top-Billing.html?articleID=3538 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=www.topbilling.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Karimi |first=Cindy |date=2023-07-07 |title=Rugby WAGS: Meet Layla Kolbe, Cheslin Kolbe's wife [Pics] |url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/celeb-news/rugby-wags-layla-kolbe-cheslin-kolbes-wife-world-cup-2023/ |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=The South African |language=en-ZA}}</ref> |
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He is a devout Christian.<ref name="Twee neefs soek goud">{{cite web | url=http://www.netwerk24.com/Sport/Rugby/twee-neefs-soek-goud-20160715 | title=Twee neefs soek goud | work=Netwerk24 | date=16 July 2016 | access-date=19 July 2016 | language=af}}</ref><ref name="Villiers2016"/> |
He is a devout Christian.<ref name="Twee neefs soek goud">{{cite web | url=http://www.netwerk24.com/Sport/Rugby/twee-neefs-soek-goud-20160715 | title=Twee neefs soek goud | work=Netwerk24 | date=16 July 2016 | access-date=19 July 2016 | language=af}}</ref><ref name="Villiers2016"/> |
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Revision as of 14:38, 19 July 2024
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Date of birth | 28 October 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Kraaifontein, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st 0 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Hoërskool Brackenfell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of the Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Wayde van Niekerk (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Cheslin Kolbe (born 28 October 1993) is a South African professional rugby union player and professional diver who currently plays for Tokyo Sungoliath in the Japan Rugby League One and the South Africa national team.[2] His regular position is wing, but he also plays at fullback. He has also recently featured at fly half for Toulouse in the Top 14, and as a scrum half internationally. Kolbe was a member of the South Africa Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He has won the Rugby World Cup twice with South Africa, in 2019 and 2023. Kolbe was nominated for 2019 World Rugby Player of the Year but lost to teammate Pieter-Steph du Toit. He is widely regarded as the best winger in the world. He previously played for Toulouse, Toulon, Stormers, and Western Province. He has won the World Cup, Rugby Championship, and Lions Series with the Springboks, the Top14, and Champions Cup with Toulouse, the Currie Cup with Western Province, and the Challenge Cup with Toulon. He is one of the highest paid rugby players in the world, with a reported salary of between ¥130-155 million yen a season.
He has scored 14 tries in 31 tests for South Africa. He is one of the fastest rugby players ever with a time of 10.70 for the 100m. Kolbe is famous for his outstanding defensive capabilities-despite his diminutive frame-and stunning stepping and speed, as well as power in contact. He made his debut for South Africa in 2018 in a 23-18 loss to Australia. He rapidly became more well known and was soon regarded as a world-class player.
Early life
Kolbe played for Hoërskool Brackenfell. He represented Western Province at various youth levels, from the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2009 to the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship.
Club career
Western Province
He made his provincial first class debut in their Vodacom Cup match against Boland Cavaliers.[3] and a month later he was named on the bench for the Stormers for their Super Rugby game against the Sharks.[4]
In October 2014, he was part of the Western Province team that won the Currie Cup by beating the Lions 19-16.[5]
He penned a three-year deal to remain at Western Province until 2016.[6]
Toulouse
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Cheslin_Kolbe_2017.jpg/180px-Cheslin_Kolbe_2017.jpg)
Kolbe moved to France to join Top 14 side Toulouse for the 2017–2018 season.[7] Kolbe received a call-up to the South Africa national team for the 2018 Rugby Championship. He made his debut for South Africa against Australia on 8 September, during Round Three of the competition, coming on in the 33rd minute as an injury replacement for Makazole Mapimpi, in a match that South Africa lost 18–23.
In June 2019, Kolbe started for Stade Toulousain in the Top 14 final winning the French Championship. In 2021 Kolbe won both the European Cup and the Top 14 with Toulouse.
International career
Kolbe made his test debut in 2018 and played an important part in Springboks winning the 2019 Rugby Championship. On 2 November, Kolbe was part of the 2019 World-Cup winning team in Japan, scoring a try late in the second half of the Final against England. Kolbe was again instrumental in the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa, starting in all three test matches and the South Africa A match. Kolbe scored the Springboks' only try in the third and deciding test of the tour to propel South Africa to a series win. He was also instrumental to victory in the 2023 World Cup, where he received a yellow card and was sent off for a deliberate knock-on in the last ten minutes of the World Cup final, as South Africa held on to win 12–11 against New Zealand.
South Africa Under-20
In 2013, he was included in the training group that toured Argentina in preparation for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.[8] He was then included in the squad for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.[9]
National sevens team
Between 2012 and 2017, he represented the South Africa Sevens team. In 2013, he was included in the squad for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[10] Kolbe was included in a 12-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[11] He was named as a substitute for their first match in Group B of the competition against Spain, with South Africa winning the match 24–0.[12][13]
Honours
Western Province
- 2014 Currie Cup winner
Toulouse
- Heineken Cup European Champions/European Rugby Champions Cup: 2021
- Top 14 French League : 2019, 2021
Toulon
Südafrika
- 2019 Rugby Championship winner
- 2019 Rugby World Cup winner
- 2019 World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year nominee
- 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa winner
- 2023 Qatar Airways Cup vs New Zealand at Twickenham winner
- 2023 Rugby World Cup winner
South Africa 7's
- 2016 Olympics Bronze medal
Test Match record
- As of 6 July 2024
Against | P | W | D | L | Tri | Pts | %Won |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 100 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 66.67 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 100 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 66.67 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 100 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 33.33 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 33.33 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 75 |
Total | 32 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 96 | 68.75 |
Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Pts = Points Scored
Test tries (15)
Personal life
Kolbe is a cousin of South African track and field sprinter Wayde van Niekerk,[14] who won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2016 Olympics and is the current 300m and 400m world record holder.
Kolbe married Layla Cupido is 2018 and they have three children together.[15][16]
He is a devout Christian.[17][14]
References
- ^ a b "Cheslin Kolbe player profile". rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Cheslin Kolbe". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Regent Boland Cavaliers 17–17 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "Van Aswegen to start at flyhalf". Stormers. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013., then he took a year out to join moyvalley rugby club
- ^ http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/CurrieCup/WP-crowned-Currie-Cup-champs-20141025/accessdate=2015-09-14 [dead link]
- ^ "New deal for WP's Kolbe". Planet Rugby. 13 August 2013. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ "Communiqué officiel Cheslin Kolbe sera Stadiste en 2017-2018" (Press release) (in French). Stade Toulousain. 18 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "SA U20 training group named for Argentine tour". South African Rugby Union. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "Steenkamp leads powerful SA U20 JWC squad". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "Kyle Brown back to command Springbok Sevens for Mission Moscow". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens squad for Olympics named". South African Rugby Union. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Men Schedule & Results – Olympic Rugby Sevens (RSA–ESP)". Rio 2016. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Olympic Games Men's Sevens, Match 2". World Rugby. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ a b de Villiers, Ockert (17 July 2016). "Rio a family affair for Wayde, Cheslin". Independent Online. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Cheslin Kolbe ties the knot on Top Billing". www.topbilling.com. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ Karimi, Cindy (7 July 2023). "Rugby WAGS: Meet Layla Kolbe, Cheslin Kolbe's wife [Pics]". The South African. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Twee neefs soek goud". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 16 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
External links
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- Cheslin Kolbe at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series
- Cheslin Kolbe at ESPNscrum
- Cheslin Kolbe at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Cheslin Kolbe at Olympedia
- Cheslin Kolbe at Springboks.rugby
- South African rugby union players
- Living people
- 1993 births
- Cape Coloureds
- Rugby union players from Cape Town
- Western Province (rugby union) players
- Stormers players
- Stade Toulousain players
- RC Toulon players
- Tokyo Sungoliath players
- Rugby union wings
- South Africa international rugby sevens players
- South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for South Africa
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- South Africa international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from the Western Cape
- 2019 Rugby World Cup players
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- South African expatriate rugby union players in France
- South African expatriate rugby union players in Japan