Russell Winter (rugby union)
Full name | Russell George Winter | ||
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Date of birth | August 17, 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Johannesburg | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Back-row | ||
Professional / senior clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1998–2006 2006–09 |
Golden Lions Newcastle Falcons |
50 |
(10) |
Super Rugby | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2001–03 2004 2005–06 |
Cats → Sharks Cats |
11 1 |
(0) (0) |
National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
South Africa A | |||
Sevens national teams | |||
Years | Club / team | Comps | |
1998 | S.A. Sevens | 2 | |
Coaching career | |||
Years | Club / team | ||
2009–15 2016– |
Golden Lions Western Province |
Russell Winter (born 17 August 1975 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former rugby union player and currently a forwards coach. Winter mainly played as a number eight.
He represented the Golden Lions in the South African domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions between 1998 and 2006 and also played for their Super Rugby side, the Cats, between 2001 and 2003, as well as in 2006. He spent the 2004 Super 12 season season with Durban-based side the Sharks.[1]
He represented the South African Sevens side on two occasions – at the 1998 Hong Kong Sevens and the 1998 Commonwealth Games and was included in a South Africa A squad that toured Europe in 2001.
He joined English Premiership side Newcastle Falcons in 2006 and made 50 appearances for them before leaving at the end of the 2009 season.[2]
He returned to Johannesburg to take up a coaching role at the Golden Lions, where he was in charge of the Golden Lions U21s and their Vodacom Cup side between 2011 and 2015.
After the 2015 season, it was announced that he would become the forwards coach of Western Province and the Stormers.[3]
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Johannesburg
- Newcastle Falcons rugby players
- Golden Lions players
- Lions (Super Rugby) players
- Sharks (rugby union) players
- Rugby union number eights
- South African expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in England
- South African expatriates in England
- South Africa international rugby union (sevens) players
- Rugby sevens players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa