Basil Short
| Full name | Basil Gordon Short | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vryheid, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 116 kg (18 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Standerton High School, Standerton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basil Gordon Short (born 19 May 1991 in Vryheid, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Template:Rut Blue Bulls.[1] His regular position is prop.
Career
Youth
Short played at Under-21 level for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls in the 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship and the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship competitions, helping the Blue Bulls to win both those competitions.
He also played Varsity Cup rugby for the Pretoria-based university side Template:Rut UP-Tuks between 2012 and 2014, picking up a winner's medal in the first two seasons. He was also included in a South African Universities side in 2013.[2]
Blue Bulls
His first class debut came during the 2012 Vodacom Cup competition. He came off the bench during the second half of their match against Template:Rut Griquas at Loftus Versfeld.[3] He scored his first try in first class rugby two weeks later against Gauteng rivals the Template:Rut Golden Lions in the same competition[4] and made seven appearances in total.
A further two appearances followed during the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition and an additional seven in the 2014 Vodacom Cup.
References
- ^ "SARU Player Profile Basil Short". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ "SA Universities squad named to face Namibia". Rugby15. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: Vodacom Blue Bulls vs GWK Griquas". South African Rugby Union. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: Vodacom Blue Bulls vs MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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