Davron Cameron
Full nameDavron Austin Cameron
Date of birth (1996-06-08) 8 June 1996
Place of birthGeorge, South Africa
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
SchoolKingswood College, Grahamstown
UniversityNelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half / Utility back
Current team Eastern Province Kings
Youth career
2012 Eastern Province
2013–2014 Eastern Province Country Districts
2013–2014 Eastern Province Kings
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–present Eastern Province Kings 3 (0)
Correct as of 16 June 2016

Davron Austin Cameron (born 8 June 1996 in George, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Eastern Province Kings.[1] His regular position is scrum-half, but he can also play as a winger, fullback or a centre.

Rugby career

Youth

As a scholar at Kingswood College in Grahamstown, Cameron represented was selected to represent Eastern Province at a number of youth tournaments; he was the right winger for their Under-16 side at the Grant Khomo Week in 2012 and the fullback for an Eastern Province Country Districts side that played at the Under-18 Academy Week the following year, scoring one try in a 70–28 victory over Griquas in their final match at the tournament.[2] In 2014, he played for Eastern Province Country Districts at the premier high schools rugby union competition in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week, held in Middelburg. He scored one try in the tournament in a 15–33 defeat to the Griffons.[3]

In 2015, he was among the intake of the Eastern Province Academy. He started two matches for the Eastern Province U21 team in the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A, scoring and converting a try against Golden Lions U21 in the second of those.[4] He then dropped an age-group to make three appearances as a replacement for the Eastern Province U19 side, in a season that saw the team go the whole way, winning the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A for the first time in their history.[5]

Eastern Province Kings

In 2016, Cameron was one of several youngsters that were included in the Eastern Province Kings squad that competed in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series.[6] He was named on the replacement bench for their first match of the season against the SWD Eagles,[7] coming on in the 55th minute of the match to make his first class debut.[8] He also played off the bench in their next match against the Boland Cavaliers[9] before starting his first match, a 31–18 win over Namibian side the Welwitschias in Windhoek a fortnight later.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Davron Cameron". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Griquas 28–70 EP CD". South African Rugby Union. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Griffons 33–15 EP CD". South African Rugby Union. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – EP Kings U21 14–73 Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "WP young guns, EP clinch junior titles". South African Rugby Union. 25 October 2015. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "SA Rugby Squad – EP Kings : 2016 Currie Cup Qualifying". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – EP Kings 14–37 SWD Eagles". South African Rugby Union. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Boland Cavaliers 37–18 EP Kings". South African Rugby Union. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Windhoek Draught Welwitschias 18–31 EP Kings". South African Rugby Union. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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