Adriaan Fondse

{{Short description|South African rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use South African English|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Adriaan Fondse<ref name="Adriaan Fondse"/> | image = | caption = | birth_name = Adriaan Rudolph Fondse | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|06|9}} | birth_place = [[Pretoria]], South Africa | height = {{height|m=1.96}} | weight = {{nowrap|{{convert|116|kg|stlb lb|0|abbr=on}}}} | position = [[Rugby union positions#4. .26 5. Lock|Lock]] | years1 = 2011–2012 | clubupdate = 5 November 2011 | clubs1 = [[Newcastle Falcons]] | apps1 = | points1 = | currentclub = | super1 = [[Stormers]] | superyears1 = 2008–2011 | superapps1 = 30 | superpoints1 = 0 | super14currentclub = | superupdate = 11 February 2011 | province1 = [[Western Province Rugby Union|Western Province]] | provinceyears1 = 2008–2011 | provinceapps1 = 34 | provincepoints1 = 30 | ru_provinceupdate = 11 February 2011 | repyears1 = | repteam1 = | repcaps1 = | reppoints1 = | repupdate = | school = [[Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool|Affies]] }}

'''Adriaan Fondse''' (born 9 June 1983) is a South African [[rugby union]] footballer<ref name="Adriaan Fondse">{{cite web |title=Adriaan Fondse |publisher=thestormers.co.za |date=2010-10-16 |url=http://www.thestormers.co.za/profiles.asp?id=138 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705224525/http://www.thestormers.co.za/profiles.asp?id=138 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-07-05 |accessdate=2010-10-16 }}</ref> formerly playing for [[Newcastle Falcons]].<ref name="FONDSE EXCITED WITH FALCONS MOVE">{{cite web |title=FONDSE EXCITED WITH FALCONS MOVE |publisher=newcastlefalcons.co.uk |date=2011-11-05 |url=http://www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk/news/story/fondse-excited-with-falcons-move |accessdate=2011-11-05 }}</ref>

==Education== Fondse attended [[Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool]] (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), a public school located in Pretoria. He attended alongside Bulls players [[Wynand Olivier]], [[Pierre Spies]], [[Fourie du Preez]], [[Derick Kuun]] and Jacques-Louis Potgieter, [[Stade Français]] lock Cliff Milton and Titans Cricketers [[AB de Villiers]], [[Heino Kuhn]], [[Faf du Plessis]] and [[Jacques Rudolph]].

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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090705224525/http://www.thestormers.co.za/profiles.asp?id=138 Stormers profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091024082215/http://www.wprugby.com/playerprofiles.asp?Id=156 WP rugby profile] *{{SA Rugby Player Profile | id=25760 | name=Adriaan Fondse | date=29 May 2016}}

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