Tiaan Liebenberg

Tiaan Liebenberg
Full name	Christiaan Rudolph Liebenberg
Date of birth	18 December 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Kimberley, South Africa
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	109 kg (17 st 2 lb; 240 lb)
School	Grey College, Bloemfontein
University	North West University, Potchefstroom Campus
Notable relative(s)	Hercú Liebenberg (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Hooker
Youth career
2001	Griquas
2002	Sharks
Senior career
Years	Team
2002	Sharks (Currie Cup)
2003–2006	Griquas
2006	Cheetahs
2006–2014	Western Province
2007–2014	Stormers
2009	→ Toulon
2016	Free State XV
2002–2016	Total
	Correct as of 25 October 2014
International career
Years	Team
2007	South Africa (tour)
2009	Emerging Springboks
2012	South Africa (tests)
	Correct as of 14 April 2013

Christiaan Rudolph Liebenberg (born 18 December 1981) is a South African professional rugby union player who played as a hooker. He started his career at the Sharks in 2002 before joining Griquas the following year. He made 64 appearances for the Kimberley-based side between 2003 and 2006 and also played Super Rugby for the Cheetahs in 2006. He then played the remainder of his career in Cape Town, where he played domestic rugby for Western Province and Super Rugby for the Stormers. He also had a short spell at French Top 14 side Toulon in 2009.

He made his international debut for South Africa on 1 December 2007 against the Barbarians in London, aged 25. He then came up as replacement hooker against Australia in Perth on 8 September 2012 and as replacement hooker the following week against New Zealand in Dunedin, where South Africa lost by 10 points. He made a total of five test appearances for South Africa, plus the one tour match against the Barbarians.^{[citation needed]}

He retired after the 2014 Currie Cup season.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "SA Rugby Player Profile – Tiaan Liebenberg". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^ "Tiaan groet rugby, trek Bloemfontein toe" (in Afrikaans). Netwerk24. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

External links

Tiaan Liebenberg at ESPNscrum
WP rugby profile
Stormers profile
"SA Rugby Player Profile – Tiaan Liebenberg". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

[SARU_Player_Profile_Tiaan_Liebenberg-1] "SA Rugby Player Profile – Tiaan Liebenberg". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

[Tiaan_groet_rugby,_trek_Bloemfontein_toe-2] "Tiaan groet rugby, trek Bloemfontein toe" (in Afrikaans). Netwerk24. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

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