Brendan Hector

Brendan Hector

Personal information
Full name	Brendan Roberto Eden Hector
Born	3 February 1993 Graaff-Reinet, South Africa
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
School(s) attended	Union High School, Graaff-Reinet
University	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Club information
Playing position	Lock
Current club	Eastern Province Kings
Youth career
2012–2014	Eastern Province Kings
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2014–present	Eastern Province Kings	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 5 March 2014. † Appearances (Points).

Brendan Roberto Eden Hector (born 3 February 1993 in Graaff-Reinet) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Eastern Province Kings.^[1] His regular position is lock.

Career

Youth

He joined the Eastern Province Academy after school and started all eight of their matches during the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring tries in their games against the Falcons U19^[2] and against Griquas U19 in the semi-final of the competition.^[3] He helped the side reach the final of Division B of the series, where they lost to Border U19.^[4]

He appeared on four occasions for the Eastern Province U21 side during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship and scored a try in their Round Three match against Griquas^[5] to help them reach the final of the competition, beating Boland U21 in the final but failing to win promotion to Division A, losing to Border U21 in the promotion play-offs with Hector being an unused substitute in that match.^[6]

He was involved more in their 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship campaign, starting all their seven pool matches, ending up on the winning side in all of those. He missed out on the semi-final match, but returned for the final (which was the fourth consecutive time that Eastern Province U21 reached the Division B final), coming on as a substitute to help them beat SWD U21 46–3.^[7] He also appeared as a substitute as they beat Border U21 64–9 the following week to win promotion to Division A of the competition.^[8]

Eastern Province Kings

He made his senior debut for the Eastern Province Kings in the 2014 Vodacom Cup by starting in their 17–10 opening day defeat to Kenyan side Simba XV.^[9] His only other appearance came three weeks later in a 22–56 defeat to Western Province.^[10]

References

1. "SA Rugby Player Profile – Brendan Hector". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
2. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Valke 24-43 Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
3. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Eastern Province Kings 27-16 GWK Griquas". South African Rugby Union. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
4. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Eastern Province Kings 17-34 Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
5. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Griquas 0-53 EP Kings". South African Rugby Union. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
6. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border 23-21 EP Kings". South African Rugby Union. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
7. "SA Rugby Match Centre – EP Kings U21 46-3 SWD U21". South African Rugby Union. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
8. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border U21 9-64 EP Kings U21". South African Rugby Union. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
9. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Tusker Simba XV 17-10 Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
10. "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 56-22 Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.