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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:
    64
  • 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

  • Try Scored

    1

  • Try Scored Q2

    1

Discipline

  • Penalty Conceded

    1

  • Penalty Offence

    1

  • Not Releasing

    1

  • Penalty Conceded Q2

    1

Attack

  • Carries

    13

  • Metres Made

    13

  • Passes

    5

  • Offload

    1

  • Defender Beaten

    3

  • Clean Break

    1

  • Crossed Gainline

    7

  • Failed Gainline

    2

  • Neutral

    4

  • Post Contact Metres

    24

  • Carry Distance

    100

  • Carry Q1

    4

  • Carry Q2

    2

  • Carry Q3

    6

  • Carry Q4

    1

  • Defender Beaten Q1

    1

  • Defender Beaten Q3

    1

  • Defender Beaten Q4

    1

  • Metres Made Q1

    4

  • Metres Made Q2

    2

  • Metres Made Q3

    6

  • Metres Made Q4

    1

Defence

  • Tackle

    12

  • Missed Tackle

    3

  • Dominant Tackle Contact

    2

  • Total Attempted Tackles

    16

  • Total Successful Tackles

    12

  • Total Unsuccessful Tackles

    4

  • Out Of Game

    1

  • Back In Game

    7

  • Tackle Q1

    2

  • Tackle Q2

    6

  • Tackle Q3

    3

  • Tackle Q4

    1

  • Contested Breakdown

    1

  • Trapped

    3

Kicking

  • Kicks In Play

    1

  • Kick Metres

    21

  • Kick Q1

    1

  • Kick Metres Q1

    21

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