Leighton Eksteen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Leighton Eksteen
Occupation	Rugby Union Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 15, 1994(1994-09-15)
Age	30
Birthplace	Riversdale
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Western Cape
Horoscope	Virgo

Leighton Eksteen Biography

Leighton Eksteen is one of the most popular and richest Rugby Union Player who was born on September 15, 1994 in Riversdale, Western Cape, South Africa. Leighton Eksteen (born 15 September 1994 in Riversdale, South Africa) is an South African rugby union player for VVA Saracens in the Professional Rugby League in Russia. Leighton Eksteen is a versatile defender who can be used as a fly-half, fullback or scrum-half.

Although he still had the opportunity to play for SWD at the Under-21 level in 2015, he played exclusively for the senior team. He was a bench player for all eight of their the 2015 Vodacom Cup matches. Eksteen scored a attempt in their loss in the match against Western Province as his side ended up in fourth place in the Southern Section log to qualify for the quarter-finals, in which they fell against the Golden Lions. He played in all six games during this year’s Currie Cup qualification series – showing his versatility when he played twice as a scrum-half, once was a fullback in the first half and twice was on the bench. He also played a single game in the contest, scoring winning 19-13 against their opponents, the Border Bulldogs. But that was not the only win for his team during the tournament as they came in last on the list and qualified for the 2015 Currie Cup First Division competition. Eksteen was given the role of kicking in the competition, and it came with a dramatic change in fortunes as his team, the SWD Eagles won four out of their five games finishing in third place on the list and qualify for the semi-finals. Eksteen earned 102 points during the five games to not just be the SWD Eagles’ top scorer during the tournament and also the overall top scorer ahead of the champions Leopards’ Adriaan Engelbrecht. The most points he scored during the competition was an impressive 47-40 win over the Griffons in the semi-finals where he scored one try, two conversions , and six penalties, which added 27 points. This helped in helping the SWD Eagles reach their first final since the 2010. He scored ten scores in the championship but that was not enough since the Leopards were victorious 44-20.

He was in the SWD U21 squad which took part in the 2014 Provincial Championship. He played only two matches in the competition against Limpopo Blue Bulls U21 and Griffons U21 scoring 21 points with eight conversions and one try in the final game – before he was drafted into in the SWD Eagles’ senior squad for the 2014 Currie Cup First Division. He made his debut appearance with the SWD Eagles’ starting fly-half in a 19-24 loss the Falcons at Kempton Park. After the team had also won 31-22 against The Border Bulldogs in George, the forward scored his first senior point during their following match and scored a goal just before the half-time break in a 2435 defeat at home against the Boland Cavaliers. He played as a substitute in their win by 42-27 against the Griffons in Welkom during their final match in the league regular season and also in their loss of 43-45 against the same team in the semi-finals one week after. The senior side’s season finished, he joined the U21 team that made it to an end of group B in the Under-21 Provincial Championship, starting the game and scoring the team’s sole points in the match as his team’s Eastern Province U21s won the game 46-3.

Leighton Eksteen Net Worth

Leighton Eksteen is one of the richest Rugby Union Player from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leighton Eksteen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

in 2012 Eksteen got selected as a representative of in the city of George, SWD Eagles at the premier South African rugby union competition for high schools the Under-18 Craven week that was which was held at Port Elizabeth, scoring a attempt in their loss of 33-39 against Western Province.

He was a part of at the SWD Academy after he had left school. He made four appearances with the SWD U19s during the 2013 Provincial Championship for Under-19s. He played just four times for them during the tournament with three starts and an appearance on the bench however, he was the highest scorer with the score of 76 points. This was the third highest points scorer in the Group B section of the tournament. He scored six goals in the four matches he played in including the hat-trick during their match with the Pumas U19s that was the case when he scored 30 of his team’s points during a victory of 55-12. SWD U19s SWD U19 side qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament but Eksteen did not play in their loss in the semi-finals against Falcons U19 in their semi-final match.

At the start of 2016, Eksteen was one of two SWD Eagles players that joined the Southern Kings’ Super Rugby squad for a trial period as they prepared for the 2016 Super Rugby season.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

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