JD Schickerling

JD Schickerling

Personal information
Full name	John Dave Schickerling
Born	(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 Calvinia, South Africa
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
School(s) attended	Paarl Gimnasium
Club information
Playing position	Lock
Current club	Western Province / Stormers
Youth career
2012–	Western Province
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Pts)†
2014–	Western Province	1	(0)
2016–	Stormers	0	(0)
Representative team(s)‡
2012–13	South African Schools	3	(0)
2014–	S.A. Under-20	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 19 June 2014. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 19 June 2014.

John Dave Schickerling (born (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 in Calvinia, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with Western Province and the Stormers. He regularly plays as a lock.

Career

Youth

As a scholar at Paarl Gimnasium, he earned a call-up to the Western Province squad for the 2012 Under-18 Craven Week competition. At the completion of the Craven Week tournament, he was named in the South African Schools side that played a three-match tournament in August 2012. He started all three of South Africa's matches against France, Wales and England, helping South Africa to victories in all three matches.

He was once again named in the S.A. Schools side in 2013, but missed the matches through injury. He recovered to represent the Western Province U19 side during the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship, making two appearances.

In 2014, Schickerling was included in the S.A. Under-20 side that participated in the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship. After playing off the bench in their first match of the competition against Scotland, he got promoted to the starting line-up for their remaining pool stage matches against New Zealand and Samoa. He also started their semi-final match as they secured a second victory over New Zealand during the tournament and was also named in the run-on side for the final against England.

Western Province

He made his first class debut for Western Province during the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition, coming on as a substitute against the Boland Cavaliers.

He returned to action for the Western Province U21 side during the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship, but suffered a serious set-back when he sustained a broken neck in their match against the Blue Bulls U21 in Pretoria on 30 August 2014. He was out of the game for thirteen months, but returned to action for Western Province's Under-21s in October 2016 in their match against the Golden Lions U21s in Johannesburg.