Richard Kriel
Appearance
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Full name | Richard Kriel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 7 July 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Potchefstroom , South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Grey College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | David Kriel (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Kriel (born 7 July 2000) is a South African rugby union player for the Lions in the United Rugby Championship. His regular position is fullback.[1]
Kriel was named in the Blue Bulls squad for the 2021 Currie Cup Premier Division and 2021 Currie Cup Premier Division and for the Bulls squad in the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship season.[2] He made his debut in Round 1 of the 2021 Currie Cup Premier Division against the Western Province, scoring a try.[3][4] In 2022−23 season he played for the Italian team Zebre Parma in the United Rugby Championship.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Richard Kriel". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Blue Bulls squad". SA Rugby. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Four-try hero Kotze dazzles as WP rout Bulls". SA Rugby Magazine. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Richard Kriel". Bulls. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "L'ESPLOSIVO TREQUARTI DEI BULLS RICHARD KRIEL FIRMA CON LE ZEBRE RUGBY". Zebre Rugby. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "TREDICI ATLETI E UN COMPONENTE DELLO STAFF TECNICO DELLE ZEBRE SALUTANO IL CLUB". Zebre Parma. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
Categories:
- South African rugby union players
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Blue Bulls players
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- Rugby union players from Potchefstroom
- Zebre Parma players
- Rugby union wings
- Lions (United Rugby Championship) players
- South African expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- Alumni of Grey College, Bloemfontein
- South African rugby union biography stubs