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Grant Hattingh

グラント・ハッティング　/　ぐらんと・はってぃんぐ

Rugby union player from South Africa

October 3, 1990 (age 35)　・　Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Gauteng
rugby union player

My Take

I feel an odd kinship with Grant Hattingh because of his Japanese chapter. A Johannesburg-born, Stellenbosch-educated lock and flanker, he crossed the planet to play for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and the Kobelco Steelers, throwing his body around on grounds far from home. As a Japan-based editor, I take real pleasure in foreign players who commit to our leagues, and the lock's job, all unglamorous graft in the tight phases, suits a temperament I instinctively trust. I picture a level-headed forward, the kind who quietly holds a struggling pack together when the contest turns ugly.

Overview

Grant Neil Hattingh (born 3 October 1990 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a rugby union player who plays as a lock, flanker or eighthman for Japanese sides the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and Kobelco Steelers in the Top League.

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Grant Hattingh
Name (Japanese): グラント・ハッティング
Reading: ぐらんと・はってぃんぐ
Born: October 3, 1990 (age 35)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Horse
Origin: Johannesburg, Gauteng, 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: Stellenbosch University

3. Relationships

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

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ghattingh/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0

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