Rugby player
Full name | Dean Muir | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1989-02-06) 6 February 1989 (age 35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Durban, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Glenwood High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dean Muir (born 6 February 1989) is a South African rugby union player currently playing hooker position for the Houston SaberCats in Major League Rugby (MLR) where he is team captain. He previously played for the San Diego Legion of the MLR.
Career
He represented the Sharks at the 2006 and 2007 Under–18 Craven Week tournaments and played for the Sharks' Under–19 team the following season.
In 2010, he played for the TUT Vikings in the 2010 Varsity Cup.
He returned to the Sharks and was included in their squad for the 2012 Vodacom Cup. He was named on the bench for the game against the Boland Cavaliers, but failed to make an appearance.
In the second half of 2012, he joined the Border Bulldogs, where he made his debut in the opening game of the 2012 Currie Cup First Division season against the SWD Eagles and became a regular starter for the team.
References
- "MLR 2022 – Houston SaberCats vs LA Giltinis – ARN Guide". 5 February 2022.
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Dean Muir". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- "SA Rugby Match Centre – Regent Boland Kavaliers 21–19 Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- "SA Rugby Match Centre – SWD Eagles 46–8 Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Border Bulldogs players
- South African expatriate rugby union players in the United States
- Falcons (rugby union) players
- Hanazono Kintetsu Liners players
- Rugby union hookers
- Rugby union players from Durban
- San Diego Legion players
- South African rugby union players
- Stormers players
- Tshwane University of Technology alumni
- Western Province (rugby union) players
- Houston SaberCats players
- Alumni of Glenwood High School (Durban)
- South African expatriate rugby union players in Japan