Chuma Faas
Full nameChuma Sean Kenosi Faas
Date of birth (1990-01-22) 22 January 1990
Place of birthPort Elizabeth, South Africa
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)
SchoolGrey High School, Port Elizabeth
UniversityUniversity of Johannesburg
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Youth career
2007–2008 Eastern Province Kings
2009–2010 Golden Lions
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2015 UJ 0 (0)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–present Eastern Province Kings 4 (0)
Correct as of 22 July 2016
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008 South Africa Schools 1 (0)
Correct as of 28 April 2016

Chuma Sean Kenosi Faas (born 22 January 1990 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, who most recently played with the Eastern Province Kings.[1] His regular position is scrum-half.

Rugby career

Schoolboy rugby

He represented Eastern Province at the premier South African high schools competition, the Under-18 Craven Week, on two occasions – at the 2007 tournament in Stellenbosch and the 2008 tournament in Pretoria. After the 2008 event, he was named in a 97-man South Africa Under-18 Elite squad, which was later whittled down to the South Africa Schools team and a South Africa Schools Academy team, which played each other in a warm-up match before the South Africa versus Australia match in the 2008 Tri Nations Series. Faas was selected as the starting scrum-half for the South Africa Schools side, which ended pu losing the match 19–41 to the Academy team.[2]

Golden Lions / UJ

After school, Faas moved to Johannesburg, where he joined the Golden Lions academy. He started eight matches for the Golden Lions U19 team during the 2009 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring a try in their 29–23 victory over the Leopards U19s.[3] He made just one appearance for the Golden Lions U21 team in 2010, coming on for the final few minutes in a match against Leopards U21.[4]

He was then hampered by serious injuries, which resulted in his not playing rugby in any national competition between 2011 and 2014 and even led to his retiring from the sport. However, he made a return to action in 2015, when he played for university side UJ in the 2015 Varsity Cup. He made five starts and two appearances as a replacement in the competition, impressing in his first start against NWU Pukke to be awarded the man-of-the-match award[5] in a 10–8 victory.[6]

Eastern Province Kings

At the start of 2016, he returned to his hometown of Port Elizabeth to join the Eastern Province Kings for the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series. The team suffered serious financial problems at the end of the 2015 season, which saw a number of first team regulars leave the union[7] and Faas was among a number of players that were drafted into the squad.[8] He was named in the starting lineup for their first match of the season against the SWD Eagles,[9] eventually making his first class debut aged 26. He played just under an hour in a 14–37 defeat.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Chuma Faas". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – SA Schools 19–41 SA Schools Academy". South African Rugby Union. 23 August 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Lions 29–23 Leopards". South African Rugby Union. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 36–16 Xerox Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "FNB Player That Rocks FNB UJ vs FNB NWU Pukke Chuma Faas". Varsity Cup. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB UJ 10–8 FNB NWU-PUKKE". South African Rugby Union. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Kings facing player exodus?". Rugby365. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "SA Rugby Squad – EP Kings : 2016 Currie Cup Qualifying". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "EP Kings team announced for SWD Eagles match". South African Rugby Union. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – EP Kings 14–37 SWD Eagles". South African Rugby Union. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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