South African rugby player
Rugby player
Courtnall Douglas Skosan (born 24 July 1991) is a South African rugby player for DHL Stormers.
Club career
He played for the Blue Bulls at Under-19 and Under-21 level, earning a call-up to the South Africa Under-20 team for the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship. He graduated to the senior team, making his debut for the Blue Bulls in the 2011 Vodacom Cup game against the Sharks XV.[1]
He remained at the Blue Bulls until the end of the 2013 season, making just twelve appearances. He then moved to the Golden Lions for 2014.[2]
He also played for UP Tuks in their victorious 2012 and 2013 Varsity Cup campaigns.
In August 2021, he signed a contract with Premiership club Northampton Saints.[3]
At the end of the 2022/2023 season, Skosan announced he would be departing Saints[4] to play for the South African club DHL Stormers.[5]
International career
In 2016, Skosan was included in a South Africa 'A' squad that played a two-match series against a touring England Saxons team.[6] He was named in the starting line-up for their first match in Bloemfontein,[7] but ended on the losing side as the visitors ran out 32–24 winners.[8] He also started the second match of the series, a 26–29 defeat to the Saxons in George.[9]
In 2017, Skosan was named to the South Africa team contesting a 3-match series against France. He started the first game and was awarded a penalty try after a French player held him back illegally at the goal line. He scored his first try in a test match on 19 August 2017 in the Rugby Championship test match between South Africa and Argentina.
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