Andre Esterhuizen

Adriaan Pieter 'André' Esterhuizen (born 30 March 1994 in Klerksdorp) is a South African professional rugby union player for the Sharks in the United Rugby Championship and South Africa national team. His regular position is centre. Quotes It has been really exciting to have all the youngsters in,They bring a different kind of energy and edgeIt is great for them to learn and come through the ranks. As the older guys, we can also learn stuff from them There is some really exciting talent coming through and they need a platform like this to grow from It is a great bunch of guys, all level-headed with their feet on the ground. Everyone has had their head down and been working hard. There aren't really seniors or juniors; it is one squad and everyone is on the same level. We want to go out and play our game I know that it is a Barbarians game and everyone looks at it and thinks it can be loose. They might want to try and make it loose but we must stick to our processes as we do in every game. For us it is a normal Test and that is how we are going to handle it… Hopefully, we will be successful in that way, Esterhuizen ready to mentor new-look Springboks as 'Young Turks' arrive to teach, July 2026,IOL by Morgan Bolton I think it’s still fairly new, to be honest with you; we’re still finding each other in a way. We definitely need to find a way to get the ball to him a little bit more as well because I think he’s an unbelievable rugby player with ball in hand and on defence, I think he’s obviously growing as a player every weekend, and we’re getting accustomed to each other. I think now when we start to know each other a little bit more and play more together week in and week out, getting consistent games together, it will go a lot better. We’ll start playing off each other, putting each other in space and running off each other It will just become easier the more we play because the last two weeks we were both off; this was our first game back together again, and hopefully this weekend we play together again. They’re definitely going to be fired up. They’re going to want to come back, prove a point. We definitely expect the best from them We know what’s coming, we know the challenge, and we’re definitely up for the challenge. They had an off week last week and this week they’re going to try to rectify it. We can see if we can put them under pressure again. That’s the thing about South African derbies – you need to be up for them every week I think everyone is in the right mindset and knows we can’t give a once-off performance like that; we need to back it up the next weekend again. This is our last game before we have a bit of a break and I think everyone wants to go into the break in a good way, so there’s obviously massive motivation for this weekend. Esterhuizen urges Sharks to unlock Ethan Hooker ahead of Stormers rematch,Jan 2026,IOL by Rowan Callaghan External links Category:Rugby union players from South Africa Category:Living people Category:1994 births