Full name | David Jason Horwitz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 30 September 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb; 203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Moriah College, Queens Park Scots College, Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Jason Horwitz (born 30 September 1994), commonly referred to as Dave, is an Australian rugby union player who plays as a Centre for Sydney rugby club Randwick. He formerly played for Irish rugby club Connacht and domestically New South Wales Country Eagles who did compete in the National Rugby Championship (NRC).[1] His regular playing position is fly-half, however, Horwitz has played multiple positions in the past, including Centre.
Horwitz has represented Australia at schoolboy and under-20 level. Horwitz is contracted with Connacht for the 2018–19 seasons.[2]
As of 2018[update] Horwitz was the first, and currently only, Jew to play in the Super Rugby for an Australian club.[3] In 2016, when speaking about being Jewish, Horwitz said: “I want to be known as a footballer on merit and I also want to be known in the Jewish community because I’m a proud Jew and I know that does coincide with the rugby because it’s almost a strange thing because there’s not a lot of Jewish sportsmen out there.”[4]
Horwitz played for the New South Wales Waratahs, the Melbourne Rebels, of the Super Rugby, and Connacht (Pro14) in between 2014 and 2020.[5][6] In Australian domestic rugby he played for Randwick in club rugby, and the New South Wales Country Eagles, in the National Rugby Championship (NRC).
Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2014 | Waratahs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | Waratahs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | Waratahs | 13 | 5 | 8 | 595 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | Waratahs | 14 | 11 | 3 | 807 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 27 | 16 | 11 | 1402 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |