Tel Aviv Heat

The Tel Aviv Heat (Hebrew: תל אביב היט, romanized: Tel Aviv Hit) is the first professional Israeli rugby union team. The team will be based in Tel Aviv that competes annually in the Rugby Europe Super Cup Eastern Conference competition along with Enisei-STM, Lokomotiv Penza and The Black Lion.[1][2][3][4]

Tel Aviv Heat
Founded2021 (2021)
LocationTel Aviv, Israel
Coach(es)Kevin Musikanth
League(s)Rugby Europe Super Cup
Official website
www.telavivheat.com

Squad

A 36-man squad was announced in September 2021.[5]

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Nitzan Reizel Hooker Israel
Pieter Jansen Hooker South Africa
Albert Onele'i Hooker Samoa
Bradley van Niekerk Hooker South Africa
Bokke King Hooker South Africa
Jared Sichel Prop Israel
David Geffen Prop South Africa
Thembi Mangwana Prop South Africa
Ananaia Rabonu Prop Fiji
Azariah Immanueli Lock Fiji
Yotam Shulman Lock Israel
Thomas Burden Lock Israel
Jeremy Jordaan Lock South Africa
Thabang Mahlasi Lock South Africa
Yahel Rozillio Lock Israel
Maayan Shaked Lock Israel
Eirad Barkai Back row Israel
Josh Strauss Back row Scotland
Prince !Gaoseb Back row Namibia
Yiftach Engel Back row Israel
Thomas Berman Back row South Africa
Jasa Veremalua Back row Fiji
Renaldo Bothma Back row Namibia
GJ van Velze Back row South Africa
Cal Smid Back row South Africa
Player Position Union
Nic Groom Scrum-half South Africa
Gilad Vardi Scrum-half Israel
Omer Levinson Scrum-half Israel
Niall Saunders Scrum-half Ireland
Kieran Houlston Fly-half South Africa
Jordan Chait Fly-half South Africa
Divan Enslin Centre South Africa
Idan Eisenberg Centre Israel
Brent Kier Centre South Africa
Saar Gellar Centre Israel
Nemani Buliruarua Centre Fiji
Misaele Petero Centre Fiji
Sebastian Jobb Wing South Africa
Xolisa Guma Wing South Africa
Sailasa Turagaluvu Fullback Fiji
Alan Dodin Fullback Israel
Ryan Harris Fullback South Africa

See also

References
  1. "Rugby Europe launch the Super Cup".
  2. "HOME".
  3. "A new dawn for Israeli rugby - The Jerusalem Post". Archived from the original on 2021-07-18.
  4. https://middleeast.in-24.com/sport/News/16757.html/
  5. "Squads of 36 announced ahead of Super Cup openers". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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