Patrick Lambie
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Patrick Lambie is a professional rugby union
player who plays for the Natal Sharks
in the Currie Cup
and Super Rugby. He attended school at Clifton Preparatory
in Durban
before attending Michaelhouse
from 2004–2008. He represented his country at the schoolboy level for his last two years of school. He was head boy and captained both the rugby
and cricket
team in his final year at Michaelhouse.
Lambie is capable of playing flyhalf, centre and fullback,
and was the leading points scorer in the 2009 ABSA u21 Currie Cup despite only turning 19 later that year. He represented South Africa
at the u20 level when he was selected for the squad, and was utilized extensively as the first choice fullback during the 2010 u20 World Cup in Argentina
.
Lambie broke into the Sharks senior team set up in the 2010 Super 14 season, where his debut was spent in the fullback position. He was shifted to centre in the 2010 Currie Cup
and due to injury was required to fill the flyhalf birth. Due to his natural talent and unwavering nerve he made the position his own and was integral in helping the Sharks reach Currie Cup
success in 2010, including scoring two tries, three conversions and three penalties in the Sharks' 30-10 win over Western Province in the final of the tournament. He was awarded with the "Man of the Match" award in the Currie Cup
final. Lambie was also the second highest point scorer in the Currie Cup
.
Lambie was called up to represent during their 2010 tour to Ireland
and the United Kingdom
. He made his début against on 6 November 2010, at flyhalf after Morne Steyn
was substituted in the second half. He converted a try on his debut. He has since then made six appearances in total for the Springboks
with five off the bench and one start. He has also started against the Barbarians team for the Springboks at fullback, but this is not an official international match. Patrick Lambie was Michaelhouse
school's first South African rugby player in their 115 year history.
school years, but he came into his own while attending Michaelhouse
school. He played in the highest level teams in all of the u14,u15 and u16 age groups at Michaelhouse. He suffered an elbow injury in his 2006 year which sidelined him for most of the season. In 2007, Lambie made the Michaelhouse first team as fullback and went on to play both KZN at Craven Week and S.A. Schools. In 2008, Patrick Lambie became headboy of Michaelhouse and both first team rugby and cricket captain. In 2008 Patrick once again made the KZN Craven week and S.A. Schools sides. His cacks were Robert Anderson and Mark Brown. Lambie attained more than a 80% win rate with his two years of Michaelhouse's first team, and never lost in any sport to Hilton who is Michaelhouse's "rival" school. While Lambie played in the Michaelhouse first rugby team they were ranked in the top ten rugby schools in the country. Lambie was both the KZN cricket and KZN Craven Week captain.
. He made one appearance for the Sharks senior side in 2009 in the Currie Cup
against the GWK Griquas at centre. Lambie made his debut in the last twenty minutes of the match.
in Argentina. He played fullback for all of the games and ended up as the tournaments second top scorer (behind Tyler Bleyendaal). South Africa came third in the competition.
Lambie quickly joined the Sharks for the start of the Currie Cup
rugby competition. He started the campaign at fullback but shifted to inside centre and finally flyhalf where he would remain for the rest of the campaign. Lambie scored 205 points in 16 games and ended up the second highest scorer (behind Willem de Waal
in the competition. He played in all the Sharks sixteen games coming off the bench in just one of them. In 2010 he played twenty four matches for the Sharks, winning 19 of them and scoring a total of 215 points in all competitions for the Sharks. Patrick Lambie was awarded the Man of the Match award for the Currie Cup
final in which he led the Sharks to victory against the Western Province.
He came back strongly from his injury and propelled the Sharks from their dismal form, which included two losses after his departure, he then led them to 6th place on the Super Rugby log only nine points behind the reds. He finished fourth on the point scorers chart with 193 points which includes four tries in his first full season of Super Rugby. Lambie broke the Sharks record for most points scored in a season by an individual player. The Sharks made it to the Super Rugby playoffs but lost to the Crusaders with Lambie kicking all the penalties and conversions. His success and brilliant play in the Super Rugby season earned him a place in the preliminary Springbok squad for the RWC 2011. He made two more appearances for the Springboks this season during the Tri-nations and earned his first start on the 30th of July 2011 at fly-half against the New Zealand rugby team.
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...
player who plays for the Natal Sharks
Natal Sharks
The Natal Sharks are a South African rugby union team that participate in the annual Currie Cup and Super Rugby tournaments. The Sharks home stadium is Kings Park. They draw most of their players from the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The Sharks are the current representative team of the Natal rugby...
in the Currie Cup
Currie Cup
The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring , featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces...
and Super Rugby. He attended school at Clifton Preparatory
Clifton School
Clifton School is an independent school for boys located in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, in the Republic of South Africa.-The early years:Mr Harry Stubbs, the retired first headmaster of Durban Prep, established Clifton Preparatory School on 5 February 1924. His home, at 102 Lambert Road, provided the...
in Durban
Durban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...
before attending Michaelhouse
Michaelhouse
Michaelhouse is a full boarding senior school for boys founded in 1896. It is located in the Balgowan valley in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.- History :...
from 2004–2008. He represented his country at the schoolboy level for his last two years of school. He was head boy and captained both the rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
and cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
team in his final year at Michaelhouse.
Lambie is capable of playing flyhalf, centre and fullback,
Rugby union positions
In the game rugby union, there are fifteen players on each team, comprising eight forwards and seven backs . Depending upon the competition, there may be up to eight replacement players. Early games consisted primarily of forwards that attacked plus a handful of "tends" that played back in defence...
and was the leading points scorer in the 2009 ABSA u21 Currie Cup despite only turning 19 later that year. He represented South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
at the u20 level when he was selected for the squad, and was utilized extensively as the first choice fullback during the 2010 u20 World Cup in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
.
Lambie broke into the Sharks senior team set up in the 2010 Super 14 season, where his debut was spent in the fullback position. He was shifted to centre in the 2010 Currie Cup
Currie Cup
The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring , featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces...
and due to injury was required to fill the flyhalf birth. Due to his natural talent and unwavering nerve he made the position his own and was integral in helping the Sharks reach Currie Cup
Currie Cup
The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring , featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces...
success in 2010, including scoring two tries, three conversions and three penalties in the Sharks' 30-10 win over Western Province in the final of the tournament. He was awarded with the "Man of the Match" award in the Currie Cup
Currie Cup
The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring , featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces...
final. Lambie was also the second highest point scorer in the Currie Cup
Currie Cup
The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring , featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces...
.
Lambie was called up to represent during their 2010 tour to Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. He made his début against on 6 November 2010, at flyhalf after Morne Steyn
Morne Steyn
Morné Steyn is a South African rugby union player who plays at the Flyhalf position.He plays at number 10 for the Springboks internationally, as well as for the Bulls in the Super 14 and for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup...
was substituted in the second half. He converted a try on his debut. He has since then made six appearances in total for the Springboks
South Africa national rugby union team
The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...
with five off the bench and one start. He has also started against the Barbarians team for the Springboks at fullback, but this is not an official international match. Patrick Lambie was Michaelhouse
Michaelhouse
Michaelhouse is a full boarding senior school for boys founded in 1896. It is located in the Balgowan valley in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.- History :...
school's first South African rugby player in their 115 year history.
School career
Patrick Lambie was not a prodigious rugby player during his Clifton PreparatoryClifton School
Clifton School is an independent school for boys located in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, in the Republic of South Africa.-The early years:Mr Harry Stubbs, the retired first headmaster of Durban Prep, established Clifton Preparatory School on 5 February 1924. His home, at 102 Lambert Road, provided the...
school years, but he came into his own while attending Michaelhouse
Michaelhouse
Michaelhouse is a full boarding senior school for boys founded in 1896. It is located in the Balgowan valley in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.- History :...
school. He played in the highest level teams in all of the u14,u15 and u16 age groups at Michaelhouse. He suffered an elbow injury in his 2006 year which sidelined him for most of the season. In 2007, Lambie made the Michaelhouse first team as fullback and went on to play both KZN at Craven Week and S.A. Schools. In 2008, Patrick Lambie became headboy of Michaelhouse and both first team rugby and cricket captain. In 2008 Patrick once again made the KZN Craven week and S.A. Schools sides. His cacks were Robert Anderson and Mark Brown. Lambie attained more than a 80% win rate with his two years of Michaelhouse's first team, and never lost in any sport to Hilton who is Michaelhouse's "rival" school. While Lambie played in the Michaelhouse first rugby team they were ranked in the top ten rugby schools in the country. Lambie was both the KZN cricket and KZN Craven Week captain.
2009 Season
Lambie had a very successful season in 2009 for the Sharks u21 team, even though he turned 19 years old in October that year. Lambie played the fullback position for the u21 Sharks. Lambie scored a personal haul of 192 points in the competition and ended the season as the u21 Currie Cup top points scorer. Lambie narrowly lost the u21 ABSA Currie Cup final against u21 Free State CheetahsFree State Cheetahs
The Free State Cheetahs , currently named the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, for sponsorship reasons, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by the Free State Rugby Union and are based at the 37,076-capacity Vodacom Park in...
. He made one appearance for the Sharks senior side in 2009 in the Currie Cup
Currie Cup
The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring , featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces...
against the GWK Griquas at centre. Lambie made his debut in the last twenty minutes of the match.
2010 Season
Patrick Lambie made his debut for the Sharks against The Highlanders at fullback on the 18th of March. His debut coincided with the end of the Sharks five game losing streak. He went on to start the next seven consecutive games (losing only one match against the champion Bulls which ended their 5 match winning streak) for the Sharks and scoring two tries in the process. Lambie then played for the South African u20 team in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship2010 IRB Junior World Championship
The 2010 IRB Junior World Championship was the third annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaced the now defunct under 19 and under 21 world championships. The event was organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board...
in Argentina. He played fullback for all of the games and ended up as the tournaments second top scorer (behind Tyler Bleyendaal). South Africa came third in the competition.
Lambie quickly joined the Sharks for the start of the Currie Cup
Currie Cup
The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring , featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces...
rugby competition. He started the campaign at fullback but shifted to inside centre and finally flyhalf where he would remain for the rest of the campaign. Lambie scored 205 points in 16 games and ended up the second highest scorer (behind Willem de Waal
Willem de Waal
Willem de Waal is a South African rugby union footballer who is currently playing for Benetton Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12 competition. He plays in the position of fly-half...
in the competition. He played in all the Sharks sixteen games coming off the bench in just one of them. In 2010 he played twenty four matches for the Sharks, winning 19 of them and scoring a total of 215 points in all competitions for the Sharks. Patrick Lambie was awarded the Man of the Match award for the Currie Cup
Currie Cup
The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring , featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces...
final in which he led the Sharks to victory against the Western Province.
2011 Season
Patrick Lambie began the 2011 Super Rugby season by playing against the Cheetahs in a South African derby. Lambie converted a try and slotted three penalties, scoring eleven points in the process. Lambie's second match was against the Blues. He scored a try and converted four penalties and two tries scoring nineteen points in the process, he was awarded a man of the match for his display. Although Patrick put in a perfect kicking performance in his fifth match of the season against the Chiefs the Sharks lost 15-9. Lambie broke his finger in the match against the Chiefs and was sidelined for three matches, the only matches he had missed since his debut.He came back strongly from his injury and propelled the Sharks from their dismal form, which included two losses after his departure, he then led them to 6th place on the Super Rugby log only nine points behind the reds. He finished fourth on the point scorers chart with 193 points which includes four tries in his first full season of Super Rugby. Lambie broke the Sharks record for most points scored in a season by an individual player. The Sharks made it to the Super Rugby playoffs but lost to the Crusaders with Lambie kicking all the penalties and conversions. His success and brilliant play in the Super Rugby season earned him a place in the preliminary Springbok squad for the RWC 2011. He made two more appearances for the Springboks this season during the Tri-nations and earned his first start on the 30th of July 2011 at fly-half against the New Zealand rugby team.