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Melrick John Africa is a Namibia
n rugby union
centre and wing.
Africa played for Reho Falcons, in Namibia for the season of 2006/07.
He has 23 caps for Namibia
, from 2003 to 2007, with 12 tries and 1 conversion scored, 62 points in aggregate. He was called for the 2003 Rugby World Cup
, playing in three games, and for the 2007 Rugby World Cup
, playing in all the four games. He never scored in his two presences and has been absent from the National Team since the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
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Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
centre and wing.
Africa played for Reho Falcons, in Namibia for the season of 2006/07.
He has 23 caps for Namibia
Namibia national rugby union team
The Namibian rugby union team, nicknamed the Welwitschias or Biltongboere, represents Namibia at rugby union. Although they are a tier-three nation in the International Rugby Board tier system, the team have participated in all three Rugby World Cup competitions since their first appearance in 1999...
, from 2003 to 2007, with 12 tries and 1 conversion scored, 62 points in aggregate. He was called for the 2003 Rugby World Cup
2003 Rugby World Cup
The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and Rugby World...
, playing in three games, and for the 2007 Rugby World Cup
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...
, playing in all the four games. He never scored in his two presences and has been absent from the National Team since the 2007 Rugby World Cup.