Zenay Jordaan
Date of birth | 4 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Eastern Cape, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zenay Jordaan (born 31 April 1991) is a South African rugby union player. She plays for EP Queens and the South Africa women's national rugby union team.
Rugby career
[edit]In 2009, she made her international debut in both sevens and 15s, and five years later she was part of the first group of South African women to be awarded professional contracts.[1]
In 2013 she was named Springbok Women's Player of the Year,[2] and in 2022 she became South Africa's most capped player.[3] At that time, she also announced her plans to retire after the 2022 World Cup.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Zenay Jordaan "proud" of South Africa career as she looks ahead to Rugby World Cup 2021 | Women in Rugby | women.rugby". www.women.rugby. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Match Centre | SA Rugby". saru-umbraco.azurewebsites.net. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "One more show on the big stage for Zenay Jordaan". SA Rugby. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ Abrahams, Celine (17 October 2022). "Joy for Retiring Zenay Jordaan Becoming Springbok Women's Most-Capped Player". gsport4girls. Retrieved 19 January 2023.