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Gerhard van den Heever

ゲラード・ファンデンヒーファー　/　げらーど・ふぁんでんひーふぁー

Rugby union player from South Africa

April 13, 1989 (age 37)　・　Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa

Free State
rugby union player

My Take

Gerhard van den Heever's story is the part of rugby I find most interesting: the journeyman wing who finds a second home far from where he started. Born in Bloemfontein and shaped at Pretoria, he ended up plying his trade in Japan with the Sunwolves and Kubota Spears. I have a soft spot for players who back themselves to cross hemispheres and adapt to a totally different rugby culture, because that takes more than pace on the wing. He may not be a household name, but to me he represents the global bloodstream of the sport, and the Japanese league has been richer for importing talent like him.

Overview

Gerhard Jacobus van den Heever (born 13 April 1989) is a South African-born Japanese rugby union player for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and Kubota Spears in the Top League. His regular playing position is as a wing.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Gerhard van den Heever
Name (Japanese): ゲラード・ファンデンヒーファー
Reading: げらーど・ふぁんでんひーふぁー
Born: April 13, 1989 (age 37)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Snake
Origin: Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: rugby union player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Pretoria

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%83%92%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC

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