Russell Winter (rugby union)

Russell Winter
Rugby union career
Full name	Russell George Winter
Date of birth	(1975-08-17) August 17, 1975
Place of birth	Johannesburg
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Playing career
Position	Back-row
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1998–2006 2006–09	Golden Lions Newcastle Falcons	50	(10)
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2001–03 2004 2005–06	Cats → Sharks Cats	11 1	(0) (0)

National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	South Africa A
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
1998	South Africa Sevens		2
Coaching career
Years	Club / team
2009–15 2016–	Golden Lions Western Province

Russell Winter (born 17 August 1975 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former rugby union player and currently a forwards coach. Winter mainly played as a number eight.

He represented the Golden Lions in the South African domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions between 1998 and 2006 and also played for their Super Rugby side, the Cats, between 2001 and 2003, as well as in 2006. He spent the 2004 Super 12 season with Durban-based side the Sharks.^[1]

He represented the South African Sevens side on two occasions – at the 1998 Hong Kong Sevens and the 1998 Commonwealth Games and was included in a South Africa A squad that toured Europe in 2001.

He joined English Premiership side Newcastle Falcons in 2006 and made 50 appearances for them before leaving at the end of the 2009 season.^[2]

He returned to Johannesburg to take up a coaching role at the Golden Lions, where he was in charge of the Golden Lions U21s and their Vodacom Cup side between 2011 and 2015.

After the 2015 season, it was announced that he would become the forwards coach of Western Province and the Stormers.^[3]

References

↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Russell Winter". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
↑ express.co.uk (22 April 2009). "Winter calls it a day". Retrieved 26 March 2015.
↑ "Russell Winter to join WP Rugby" (Press release). Stormers. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

Squads

Golden Lions – 2004 Currie Cup Premier Division

Forwards	Roland Bernard Schalk Brits Gordon Gilfillan Cobus Grobbelaar Cobus Grobler Trevor Hall Heinrich Kok Jannes Labuschagne Kenny MacKenzie Baksteen Nell Faan Rautenbach Lawrence Sephaka Flippie Spies Willem Stoltz Kleinjan Tromp Lukas van Biljon Schalk van der Merwe Wikus van Heerden Andre van Niekerk Pietman van Niekerk Russell Winter

Backs	Gcobani Bobo Rudi Coetzee John Daniels Nic Eyre Jaque Fourie Nel Fourie Bryan Habana Dean Hall Conrad Jantjes Ricky Januarie Doppies la Grange André Pretorius Jaco Pretorius Roland Reid Oginga Siwundla Quintin Jean van Tonder

Coach	Frans Ludeke

South Africa Sevens – 1998 Commonwealth Games

Squad	Gaffie du Toit Joe Gillingham Deon Kayser Werner Raats Pieter Rossouw Bobby Skinstad Jeffrey Stevens André Venter Chester Williams Russell Winter

Coach	Dawie Snyman

South Africa Sevens – 1998

Squad	Peet Arnold Selborne Boome Graeme Bouwer Stephen Brink Vlok Cilliers JP du Plooy Hendrik Gerber Joe Gillingham Deon Kayser Chris Kruger Jorrie Kruger Breyton Paulse Shaun Payne Neil Penrose Werner Raats Philip Smit Rodger Smith Dirkie Stydom Jan-Harm van Wyk AJ Venter Nico Venter Chester Williams Russell Winter

Coach	Dawie Snyman

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