South African rugby union footballer
Rugby player
Stephan Dippenaar
| Birth name | Stephanus Christiaan Dippenaar |
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| Date of birth | (1988-01-03) 3 January 1988 (age 36) |
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| Place of birth | Moorreesburg, South Africa |
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| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
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| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb; 14 st 11 lb) |
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| School | Paul Roos Gymnasium |
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Stephanus Christiaan Dippenaar (born 3 January 1988) is a South African rugby union footballer. He currently represents the South Africa national sevens team in the IRB Sevens World Series.[1] Between 2008 and 2011 he played for the Bulls in Super Rugby and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup.
Dippenaar represented South Africa's under-19 team at the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship in Ireland. In 2008, he played for South Africa's under-20 team at the Junior World Championship in Wales.[2] He made his international sevens debut for the South African sevens team in 2012 at the Wellington Sevens.[3][4]
In 2013, he was included in the squad for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[5] Dippenaar was injured at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens and was replaced by Ruhan Nel.[6][7] He had just recovered from an injury he sustained at the Gold Coast Sevens at the beginning of the series.[8]
On 17 October 2017, Dippenaar announced his retirement from rugby on Twitter.
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