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Ruhan Nel

  • Position:
    Centre
  • Nickname:
    Ru
  • Date of birth:
    1991-05-17
  • Place of birth:
    Port Elizabeth
  • Height:
    189 cm
  • Weight:
    100 kg
  • School:
    Hoërskool Brandwag
  • DHL Stormers Caps:
    69
  • Social media handles:
    Instagram: @ruhannel

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.

Scoring

  • Tries scored

    3

Attack

  • Carries

    23

  • Metres made

    23

  • Passes

    12

  • Offloads

    4

  • Defenders beaten

    3

  • Clean breaks

    4

  • Crossed gainline

    11

  • Post-contact metres

    30

Defence

  • Tackles

    26

  • Dominant tackle contact

    2

  • Contested breakdown

    2

Kicking

  • Kicks in play

    2

  • Kicking metres

    46

  • Attacking kicks

    1

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