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Willem NEL

Willem NEL - Scotland - International Rugby Union Caps.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 04 February 2023

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    • POSITION
      Tighthead Prop
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Wednesday, 30 April 1986
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Loeriesfontein, South Africa.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Scotland
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Willem NEL - Scotland - International Rugby Union Caps.

Willem Nel playing for Scotland against England at Twickenham where they

won 27-23 in the Six Nations Championship and kept the Calcutta Cup north

of the border.  "WP' had fun during the game ignoring the ball whlist trying

to expose his English opponent.


International record: Played 54. Won 30, Drawn 1, Lost 23.

 


2015 v Italy  (Turin) L 16-12 (R)
2015 v Italy (Edinburgh) W 23-7
2015 v France (Paris) L 19-16
2015 v Japan (Gloucester) W 45-10 (World Cup)
2015 v USA (Leeds) W 39-16 (World Cup) (R)
2015 v South Africa (Newcastle) L 34-16 (World Cup)
2015 v Samoa (Newcastle) W 36-33 (World Cup)
2015 v Australia (Twickenham) L 35-34 (World Cup)

2016 v England (Edinburgh) L 15-9 (SN)
2016 v Wales (Cardiff) L 27-23 (SN)
2016 v Italy (Rome) W 36-20 (SN)
2016 v France (Edinburgh) W 29-18 (SN)
2016 v Ireland (Dublin) L 35-25 (SN)
2016 v Japan (Aichi) W 26-13
2016 v Japan (Tokyo) W 21-16 (R)

2017 v Italy (Singapore) W 34-13
2017 v Australia (Sydney) W 24-19 (R)
2017 v Fiji (Suva) L 22-27
2017 v Samoa (Murrayfield) W 44-38

2018 v England (Edinburgh) W 25-13 (R)
2018 v Ireland (Dublin) L 8-28 (SN) (R)
2018 v Italy (Rome) W 29-27 (SN)
2018 v Wales (Cardiff) L 10-21
2018 v Fiji (Edinburgh) W 54-17
2018 v South Africa (Edinburgh) L 20-26
2018 v Argentina (Edinburgh) W 14-9 (R)

2019 v Italy (Edinburgh) W 33-20 (SN)
2019 v Wales (Murrayfield) L 11-18 (SN)
2019 v England (Twickenham) D 38-38 (SN) !

2019 v France (Edinburgh) W 17-14
2019 v Georgia (Tbilisi) W 43-16
2019 v Ireland (Yokohama) L 3-27 (World Cup)
2019 v Samoa (Kobe) W 34-0 (World Cup)
2019 v Russia (Shizuoka) W 61-0 (World Cup) (R)
2019 v Japan (Yokohama) L 21-28 (World Cup)


2020 v Ireland (Dublin) L 12-19 (SN) (R)
2020 v Italy (Rome) W 17-0 (SN) (R)
2020 v France (Edinburgh) W 28-17 (SN) (R)

2020 v Italy (Florence) W 28-17 (ANC) (R)
2020 v Ireland (Dublin) L 16-31 (ANC) (R)

2021 v England (Twickenham) W 11-6 (SN)
2021 v Wales (Edinburgh) L 24-25 (SN)
2021 v Ireland (Murrayfield) L 24-27 (SN)

 

2022 v England (Edinburgh) W 20-17 (SN) (R)
2022 v Wales (Cardiff) L 17-20 (SN)
2022 v France (Edinburgh) L 17-36 (SN) (R)
2022 v Italy (Rome) W 33-22 (SN) (R)
2022 v Ireland (Dublin) L 5-26 (SN) (R)

2022 v Australia (Edinburgh) L 15-16 (R)
2022 v New Zealand (Edinburgh) L 23-31 (R)

 
2023 v England (Twickenham) W 27-23 (SN)

2023 v Wales (Edinburgh) W 35-7 (SN) (R)
2023 v France (Paris) L 21-32 (SN) (R)
2023 v Italy (Edinburgh) W 26-14 (SN) (R)

(R) = Replacement.

Willem Nel playing for Scotland against England in their 2019 Calcutta Match

at Twickenham in the Six Nations Championship. Losing 31-0 during the first

half the score at the end was 38-38 !  16th March 2019.