Errie Claassens
| Birth name | Errie Claassens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | October 27, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Errie Claassens (born 27 October 1981) is a former South Africa rugby union player. Errie is the brother of Toulon player Michael Claassens who plays at scrum half and has represented the Free State Cheetahs and the Springboks.
Claassens moved to the UK in 2005 to sign for the Rotherham Titans where he spent four seasons, developing from a bit part player into a proven try scorer.
In 2009 he moved to London Welsh where he was to further his reputation with a strong try scoring record and a number of sparkling individual performances. He has a reputation as a skilful and pacey broken play runner who can play at both full back and winger.
Errie formerly played as a fullback or winger for Worcester Warriors.
Claassens was named as part of the Rugby Times magazine 2009/2010 RFU Championship "Dream Team" thanks to his consistently strong play and try scoring reputation.
In 2013, Errie Claassens signed a contract to join Bristol Rugby in the RFU Championship. However, on 21 May 2014, he left Bristol by mutual consent[2] as he officially joined London Scottish on a two-year contract.[3]
On 27 January 2015, Claassens announced his retirement from professional rugby due to ongoing injuries.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Worcester Warriors". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Errie Claassens departs Bristol by mutual consent". Bristol Post. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ "London Scottish sign South African back Errie Claassens". London Scottish. 21 May 2014.
- ^ "Errie Claassens retirement from professional rugby". England Rugby. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.