Position

BACKS

Ruhan Nel

Ruhan Nel

Centre

Date of Birth

1991-05-17

School

Hoërskool Brandwag

Height

189 cm

Weight

100 kg

DHL Stormers Caps

74

Player Stats

Scoring

Tries Scored

3

Attack

Carries

43

Metres Made

198

Passes

20

Try Assists

1

Clean Breaks

6

Crossed Gainline

20

Post-Contact Metres

53

Defence

Tackles

55

Dominant Tackle Contact

3

Turnovers Won

3

Kicking

Kicks In Play

4

Kicking Metres

83

ABOUT

What is your earliest rugby memory?

Playing ball with my father as a young boy in the yard.

What has been your career highlight to date?

Winning the Vodacom URC.

Who has had the biggest impact on your career and why?

My father and Coach Neill Powell at the Sevens.

What do you like to do when you are not playing rugby?

Building a business.

Who has been the most influential person in your life and why?

My Parents and my wife. Parents for my foundation and my wife for direction.

What is your favourite city you have visited and why?

Treviso. It's always fun to go to Venice. Unreal experience.

What is your favourite meal?

Meat and sushi.

Who was your rugby hero growing up?

André Joubert in my early stages and then Pierre Spies in my teenage years.

If you could invite any five people to a braai, who would they be?

Tim S Grover, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, Tom Brady.

Which DHL Stormers player do you think is most likely to become a coach one day and why?

Brok Harris. Because he already is a player-coach.

Best and worst dressed in the squad?

Best : Seabelo Senatla. Worst : Gareth Wright (kicking coach).

Funniest person in the squad and why?

Adré Smith.