Birth name | Joseph William Gillingham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 February 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Johannesburg, Gauteng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 204 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Hoërskool Alberton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph William Gillingham (born 27 February 1974) is a South African former rugby union player who played as a centre, wing or full-back.[1]
Gillingham represented Transvaal at the 1992 Craven Week tournament for schoolboys and was selected for the South African Schools team in 1992. He made his provincial debut for Transvaal in 1994 and played for the South African under–21 and the under–23 teams. In 1998 he joined Natal, playing provincial rugby for the union and super rugby for the Coastal Sharks.[2] At the end of the 1996 season, he toured with the Springboks to Argentina and Europe. Gillingham did not play in any test matches but played in seven tour matches, scoring one try for the Springboks.[3]