Travis Ismaiel

Travis Ismaiel

Full name	Travis Keenan Ismaiel
Date of birth	(1992-06-02) 2 June 1992
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	94 kg (14 st 11 lb; 207 lb)
School	Tygerberg High School, Parow
University	University of Pretoria
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger Youth career 2011–2013 Blue Bulls Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2013 UP Tuks 0 (0) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–2017 Blue Bulls 42 (110) 2014–2018 Bulls 39 (50) 2019 Blue Bulls XV 5 (20) 2019–2020 Harlequins 7 (0) 2020–2021 Bulls 5 (0) 2020–2021 Blue Bulls 1 (0) Correct as of 13 September 2021 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012 South Africa Under-20 1 (0) 2016 South Africa 'A' 2 (0) 2018 South Africa 1 (5) Correct as of 3 June 2018

Travis Keenan Ismaiel (born 2 June 1992 in Cape Town) is a South African rugby union player for the Bulls in Super Rugby. His regular position is winger.

Career

Youth

He played for the Blue Bulls U19 team in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition and for the Blue Bulls U21 team in 2012 and 2013.

He was included in the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship competition and made one appearance for them, in their pool stage match against Italy. He was also an unused substitute in the final against New Zealand.

Blue Bulls

He made his first class debut for the Blue Bulls in their opening match of the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition, starting their match against Griquas. He scored his first senior try a week later, when he dotted down in the 78th minute against the Pumas. He made seven appearances in total in that competition, scoring six tries.

His Currie Cup debut came later in the same year, when he was included in the Blue Bulls starting team to face Western Province in the opening match of the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division season.

South Africa 'A'

In 2016, Ismaiel was included in a South Africa 'A' squad that played a two-match series against a touring England Saxons team. He was named in the starting line-up for their first match in Bloemfontein, but ended on the losing side as the visitors ran out 32–24 winners. He was named on the bench for the second match of the series, coming on as a second-half replacement in a 26–29 defeat to the Saxons in George.

Harlequins

On 2 July 2019, it was announced that Ismael would sign for English Premiership Harlequins.

Return to Bulls

On 27 May 2020, Ismaiel returned to his Super Rugby side Bulls later in 2020, after his short stint in England.