Michael Claassens
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Michael Claassens (born 28 October 1982 in Kroonstad, Free State) is a former South African rugby union player that played professional rugby between 2003 and 2018. He made in excess of 350 senior appearances, including eight test matches for the South Africa national team.
He made his first class debut in 2003 for the Template:Rut, making 64 appearances for the Bloemfontein-based side between 2003 and 2006. He also played Super Rugby for the Template:Rut in 2005 and the Template:Rut in 2006 and 2007. He joined Bath in the Premiership in England for the 2007–08 season, where he stayed for six seasons. He then had two seasons at Template:Rut in the Top 14 before returning to South Africa to finish his career at the Durban-based Template:Rut.[1]
He is the brother of Errie Claassens, also a professional rugby union player.
Honours
- Currie Cup: 2005
- European Challenge Cup: 2007–2008
References
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Kroonstad
- Afrikaner people
- South African rugby union players
- South Africa international rugby union players
- Bath Rugby players
- Barbarian F.C. players
- RC Toulon players
- Cheetahs (rugby union) players
- Free State Cheetahs players
- Stormers players
- Lions (United Rugby Championship) players
- South African expatriate rugby union players in England
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- South African expatriate rugby union players in France
- 21st-century South African sportsmen