Skipper Badenhorst

{{Short description|Namibia international rugby union player}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox rugby biography | image = | caption = | birth_name = Rudolf Scheepers Badenhorst | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Oudtshoorn]], [[South Africa]] | height = {{height|m=1.84}} | weight = {{convert|106|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | ru_position = Hooker | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | superyears1 = 2003 | super1 = [[Stormers]] | super2 = [[Sharks (Super rugby franchise)|Sharks]] | super3 = [[Cheetahs (rugby union)|Cheetahs]] | super4 = [[Bulls (rugby union)|Bulls]] | superapps1 = 4 | superapps2 = 20 | superapps3 = -- | superapps4 = 2 | superpoints1 = 0 | superpoints2 = 0 | superpoints3 = 0 | superpoints4 = 0 | provinceyears1 = 2000 | province1 = [[Falcons (rugby team)|Falcons]] | province2 = [[Pumas (Currie Cup)|Pumas]] | province3 = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)|CC=y}} | provinceapps1 = 52 | provinceapps2 = 33 | provinceapps3 = 53 | provincepoints1 = | provincepoints2 = 20 | provincepoints3 = 15 | repyears1 = 2007 | repteam1 = {{nrut|Namibia}} | repcaps1 = 2 | reppoints1 = 0 | repsevensyears1 = | repsevensteam1 = | repsevenscomp1 = | ru_currentposition = Hooker | ru_currentteam = | name = }} '''Skipper Badenhorst''' (born 1 December 1978 in [[Oudtshoorn]], [[South Africa]]) is a [[rugby union]] player for the [[Cheetahs (rugby union)|Cheetahs]] in the [[Super Rugby]] competition and [[Namibia national rugby union team|Namibia]]. He plays as a [[Hooker (rugby union)|hooker]].

==Career== Skipper matriculated in 1996 from [[Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool]] also known as [[Affies]]. The team of 1996 won all 27 of its matches, accounting for such opponents as [[Maritzburg College]], [[Grey College, Bloemfontein|Grey College]] and [[Pretoria Boys High School]]. The score against Boys’ High was a record 62-13. That team won the Beeld Trophy (the descendant of the Administrator's Cup and the Director's Trophy) for a record third successive year.

He played in the South African Under 21 team of 1999 alongside [[John Smit]] and fellow alumni [[Johan Roets]], Eugene Marx and Sarel Eloff. This team went on to win the equivalent of the under 21 world cup. Skipper has played provincial rugby for the [[Falcons (rugby team)|Valke]] and [[Pumas (Currie Cup)|Pumas]] before moving on to the Sharks. He has played [[Super Rugby]] for the [[Stormers]], the [[Sharks (Super rugby franchise)|Sharks]] and the Cheetahs.

==References== {{reflist}} *https://web.archive.org/web/20080720003026/http://www.rugby365.com/schools/profiles/585353.htm

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091104171550/http://www.sharksrugby.co.za/content.aspx?id=17458 Sharks profile]

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