Rugby player
| Birth name | Heinrich Jaco Adams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1980-05-29) 29 May 1980 (age 44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Worcester, South Africa, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (12 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Esselen Park Senior Secondary School, Worcester, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Professional rugby union footballer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Heini Adams (born 29 May 1980 in Worcester, South Africa) is a professional rugby union player. He currently plays for Union Bordeaux Begles in the Top 14. His first tour with the Springboks was to France, Italy, Ireland and England in the 2009 end of year rugby tests. Before moving to France, Adams played for the South African Super Rugby side the Blue Bulls. He plays at scrum-half. He is known for his anticipation in defence and quick distribution of the ball from behind the scrum.
From June 2010 until 2015, he joined Bordeaux in France, ending his international career. In 2017 he joined the coaching staff of the French Barbarians to play South African A.
Honours
- Currie Cup: 2006 (shared), 2009
References
- "Planet Rugby | Rugby Union News". Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
External links
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Blue Bulls players
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- South African expatriate rugby union players in France
- Rugby union players from Worcester, South Africa
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- South Africa international rugby union players
- South African rugby union coaches
- South African rugby union players
- Union Bordeaux Bègles players
- South African rugby union biography stubs