Adrian Garvey
Date of birth | June 25, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Bulawayo, Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Plumtree School, Bulawayo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adrian Christopher Garvey (born 25 June 1968 in Bulawayo) is a former Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union player.[1] He played as a tighthead prop, and was known for his mobility and ball skills.
Career
[edit]Garvey played 1st team rugby at Plumtree High School in Zimbabwe and was selected for the Zimbabwe Schools team in 1986.[2] During his senior career he played for Old Miltonians, Coastal Sharks, Natal and Newport RFC.[3]
He is one of the few players to have competed at the Rugby World Cup for two countries. He had 10 caps for Zimbabwe, from 1990 to 1993, scoring 2 tries, 8 points in aggregate. He played three games at the 1991 Rugby World Cup, scoring two tries at the 51–12 loss to Scotland, on 9 October 1991.[4]
He later became a South African naturalized citizen and decided to play for South Africa. He had 28 caps, from 1996 to 1999, scoring 4 tries, 20 points in aggregate. He played two times at the Tri Nations, being a member of the winning side in 1998.[5] He was called for the 1999 Rugby World Cup, playing a single game in the 47–3 win over Spain, at Murrayfield, on 10 October 1999. That would be his last game for the Springboks.[6]
Test history
[edit]Zimbabwe | ||||||
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No. | Opposition | Result (Zim 1st) |
Position | Tries | Date | Venue |
1. | Ivory Coast | 22–9 | Tighthead prop | 5 May 1990 | Police Grounds, Harare | |
2. | Morocco | 16–0 | Tighthead prop | 8 May 1990 | Police Grounds, Harare | |
3. | Ireland | 11–55 | Tighthead prop | 6 Oct 1991 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | |
4. | Scotland | 12–51 | Tighthead prop | 2 | 9 Oct 1991 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh |
5. | Japan | 8–52 | Tighthead prop | 14 Oct 1991 | Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast | |
6. | Wales | 14–35 | Tighthead prop | 22 May 1993 | Hartsfield, Bulawayo | |
7. | Wales | 13–42 | Tighthead prop | 29 May 1993 | Police Grounds, Harare | |
8. | Kenya | 42–7 | Tighthead prop | 3 Jul 1993 | RFUEA Ground, Nairobi | |
9. | Arabian Gulf | 21–50 | Tighthead prop | 7 Jul 1993 | RFUEA Ground, Nairobi | |
10. | Namibia | 16–41 | Tighthead prop | 10 Jul 1993 | RFUEA Ground, Nairobi | |
South Africa | ||||||
No. | Opposition | Result (SA 1st) |
Position | Tries | Date | Venue |
1. | Argentina | 46–15 | Tighthead prop | 9 Nov 1996 | Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires | |
2. | Argentina | 44–21 | Tighthead prop | 16 Nov 1996 | Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires | |
3. | France | 22–12 | Tighthead prop | 30 Nov 1996 | Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux | |
4. | France | 13–12 | Tighthead prop | 7 Dec 1996 | Parc des Princes, Paris | |
5. | Wales | 37–20 | Tighthead prop | 15 Dec 1996 | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | |
6. | Tonga | 74–10 | Tighthead prop | 2 | 10 Jun 1997 | Newlands, Cape Town |
7. | British Lions | 16–25 | Tighthead prop | 21 Jun 1997 | Newlands, Cape Town | |
8. | British Lions | 15–18 | Tighthead prop | 28 Jun 1997 | Kings Park, Durban | |
9. | British Lions | 35–16 | Replacement | 15 Jul 1997 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | |
10. | Australia | 20–32 | Replacement | 2 Aug 1997 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | |
11. | Italy | 61–31 | Tighthead prop | 8 Nov 1997 | Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna | |
12. | France | 36–32 | Tighthead prop | 15 Nov 1997 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon | |
13. | France | 52–10 | Tighthead prop | 22 Nov 1997 | Parc des Princes, Paris | |
14. | England | 29–11 | Tighthead prop | 1 | 29 Nov 1997 | Twickenham, London |
15. | Scotland | 68–10 | Tighthead prop | 6 Dec 1997 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | |
16. | Ireland | 37–13 | Tighthead prop | 13 Jun 1998 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | |
17. | Ireland | 33–0 | Tighthead prop | 20 Jun 1998 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | |
18. | Wales | 96–13 | Tighthead prop | 27 Jun 1998 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | |
19. | England | 18–0 | Tighthead prop | 4 Jul 1998 | Newlands, Cape Town | |
20. | Australia | 14–13 | Tighthead prop | 18 Jul 1998 | Subiaco Oval, Perth | |
21. | New Zealand | 13–3 | Tighthead prop | 25 Jul 1998 | Athletic Park, Wellington | |
22. | New Zealand | 24–23 | Tighthead prop | 15 Aug 1998 | Kings Park, Durban | |
23. | Australia | 29–15 | Tighthead prop | 1 | 22 Aug 1998 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg |
24. | Wales | 28–20 | Tighthead prop | 14 Nov 1998 | Wembley, London | |
25. | Scotland | 35–10 | Tighthead prop | 21 Nov 1998 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | |
26. | Ireland | 27–13 | Tighthead prop | 28 Nov 1998 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | |
27. | England | 7–13 | Tighthead prop | 5 Dec 1998 | Twickenham, London | |
28. | Spain | 47–3 | Tighthead prop | 10 Oct 1999 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh |
Miscellaneous
[edit]Garvey made the popular move from rugby to mountain biking after retiring from professional sport and participated in the 2011 Absa Cape Epic mountain bike stage race.[7]
See also
[edit]- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 645
References
[edit]- ^ "Adrian Garvey". ESPN scrum. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "The Old Prunitians - PressReader". Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021 – via PressReader.
- ^ "History of Newport RFC :: 1874 - 2013". www.historyofnewport.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Adrian Garvey - Test matches". ESPN scrum. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ Schoeman, Chris (1999). Who's who of South African rugby 1999 (4th ed.). Cape Town: Don Nelson Publishers. p. 196.
- ^ Garvey, Adrian. "Rugby World Cup 2019". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ Ex-Springbok prop to take on his first Absa Cape Epic
External links
[edit]- Adrian Garvey at ESPNscrum
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- Zimbabwean people of British descent
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