Dewald Senekal

Dewald Senekal

Birth name	Dewald Meyer Senekal
Date of birth	(1981-01-12) 12 January 1981
Place of birth	Uitenhage, South Africa
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	114 kg (251 lb)
School	HTS Daniel Pienaar, Uitenhage
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forwards Coach Current team Connacht Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2009–2011 2011–2012 2012–2015 Toulon Agen Bayonne 13 37 76 (0) (5) (5) Correct as of 31 May 2015 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2005 2006–2007 2008–2009 Pumas Valke Golden Lions 6 19 11 (0) (15) (5) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2007–2008 2008–2009 Cheetahs Lions 2 7 (0) (0) Coaching career Years Team 2015–2017 2017–2019 2019 2021– Bayonne (Forwards coach) Grenoble (Joint-head coach) Stade Français (Forwards coach) Connacht (Forwards coach) Correct as of 30 April 2021

Dewald Meyer Senekal is a South African rugby union coach who is currently Forwards coach of Irish province Connacht.

In his playing career, Senekal played as a number eight for Bayonne, Agen and Toulon in France. He also played for the Cheetahs and Lions in his native South Africa before moving to the Northern hemisphere in 2009.

Senekal has also played cricket for the provincial teams of Eastern Province and the Northerns.

External links

• "SA Rugby Player Profile – Dewald Senekal". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.