Warren Whiteley

Warren Whiteley
Full name Warren Roger Whiteley
Date of birth (1987-09-18) 18 September 1987
Place of birth Durban, South Africa
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 240 lb)
School Glenwood High School
University North-West University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number eight
Current team Lions / Golden Lions XV
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008–2009 Sharks XV 13 (20)
2009 Mighty Elephants 5 (5)
2010–present Golden Lions XV 12 (20)
2010–2015 Golden Lions 52 (40)
2011–present Lions 90 (70)
2016–2018 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes 4 (0)
Correct as of 4 August 2018
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012–2014 South Africa Sevens ()
2014–present South Africa 21 (15)
2015 Springboks 1 (0)
Correct as of 16 September 2018
Warren Whiteley
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Men's Rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow Team

Warren Roger Whiteley (born 18 September 1987) is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team, the Lions in Super Rugby and the Golden Lions XV in the Rugby Challenge. His regular playing position is eighthman. He has previously played for the Sharks and the Blitzbokke.

Whiteley has been the captain of the Lions in Super Rugby since 2014 when they team was re-introduced to the competition. The team has reached two finals in 2016 and 2017, which were losses against the Hurricanes and Crusaders respectively, since Whiteley was named captain.

In 2016 Whiteley became a regular starter for the Springoks following injury to the regular number 8 Duane Vermeulen in the second test against Ireland. Following Vermeulen's injury, Whiteley played the full 80 minutes of every game for the rest of the year, with the exception of the Barbarians fixture on 5 November, which Whiteley did not play in. Whiteley also scored three tries that year, crossing over the line against Argentina, Australia and Ireland,

Whiteley was named the new 58th captain of the Springboks in 2017, following Adriaan Strauss' retirement from international rugby. Whiteley was ruled out of the final mid-year test against France due to injury however, being replaced as captain by Stormers lock Eben Etzebeth. Whiteley missed the Super Rugby playoffs due to injury, with Jaco Kriel taking over as captain of the Lions. Whiteley is expected to miss the majority of the 2017 Rugby Championship through injury.

References

    Rugby Union Captain
    Preceded by
    Adriaan Strauss    		 Springbok Captain
    2017    		 Next:
    Eben Etzebeth
    • "SA Rugby Player Profile – Warren Whiteley". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
    • Lions profile
    • itsrugby.co.uk profile
    • ultimaterugby.com blitzbokke
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