Patrick Jonathan Lambie was born on 17 October 1990 and is a retired South African professional rugby union player who last played for Racing 92 in the French Top 14.
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57 Facts About Patrick Lambie
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Patrick Lambie announced his retirement in January 2019 due to multiple concussions.
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Patrick Lambie played SA schools rugby in both grade 11 and matric.
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Patrick Lambie was head boy and captained both the rugby and cricket team in his final year at Michaelhouse.
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Patrick Lambie is capable of playing flyhalf, centre and fullback, and was the leading points scorer in the 2009 ABSA U21 Currie Cup despite only turning 19 later that year.
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Patrick Lambie represented South Africa at the under-20 level when he was selected for the squad, and was utilized extensively as the first choice fullback during the 2010 U20 World Cup in Argentina.
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Patrick Lambie joined the Sharks senior team set up in the 2010 Super 14 season, where his debut was spent in the fullback position.
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Patrick Lambie was shifted to centre in the 2010 Currie Cup and due to injury was required to fill the flyhalf berth.
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Patrick Lambie was awarded with the "Man-of-the-Match" award in the Currie Cup final.
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Patrick Lambie was the second highest point scorer in the Currie Cup.
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Patrick Lambie was called up to represent South Africa during their 2010 tour to Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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Patrick Lambie made his debut against Ireland on 6 November 2010, at flyhalf after Morne Steyn was substituted in the second half.
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Patrick Lambie has started against the Barbarians team for the Springboks at fullback, but this was not an official international match.
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Patrick Lambie was not a prodigious rugby player during his Clifton Preparatory School years, but he came into his own while attending Michaelhouse school.
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Patrick Lambie played in the highest level teams in all of the under-14, under-15 and under-16 age groups at Michaelhouse.
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Patrick Lambie suffered an elbow injury in his 2006-year which sidelined him for most of the season.
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In 2007, Lambie made the Michaelhouse first team as fullback and went on to play for both KZN at Craven Week and S A Schools.
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In 2008, Patrick Lambie became headboy of Michaelhouse and was elected both first team rugby and cricket captain.
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Patrick Lambie was both the KZN cricket and KZN Craven Week captain, and was Michaelhouse's first Springbok rugby player in their 115-year history.
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Patrick Lambie had a successful season in 2009 for the Sharks under-21 team, even though he only turned 19 years old in October that year.
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Patrick Lambie scored a personal haul of 192 points in the competition and ended the season as the U21 Currie Cup top points scorer.
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Patrick Lambie narrowly lost the U21 ABSA Currie Cup final against U21 Free State Cheetahs.
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Patrick Lambie made one appearance for the Sharks senior side in the 2009 Currie Cup against the GWK Griquas at centre.
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Patrick Lambie made his debut in the last twenty minutes of the match.
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Patrick Lambie's debut coincided with the end of the Sharks five game losing streak.
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Patrick Lambie went on to start the next seven consecutive games for the Sharks and scoring two tries in the process.
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Patrick Lambie then played for the South African under-20 team in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship in Argentina.
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Patrick Lambie played fullback for all of the games and ended up as the tournaments second top scorer.
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Patrick Lambie joined the Sharks for the start of the 2010 Currie Cup rugby competition.
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Patrick Lambie started the campaign at fullback but moved to inside centre and finally flyhalf where he would remain for the rest of the campaign.
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Patrick Lambie scored 205 points in 16 games and ended up the second highest scorer in the competition.
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Patrick Lambie played in all sixteen of the Sharks' matches coming off the bench in just one of them.
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Patrick Lambie was awarded Man-of-the-Match after the Currie Cup final in which he played his part in the Sharks' victory against the Western Province.
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Patrick Lambie started the 2011 Super Rugby season playing against the Cheetahs in a South African derby.
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Patrick Lambie converted a try and slotted three penalties, scoring eleven points in the process.
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Patrick Lambie scored a try and converted four penalties and two tries scoring nineteen points in the process, he was awarded a Man-of-the-Match for his contribution.
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Patrick Lambie broke his finger in the match and was sidelined for the next three matches, the only he had missed since his debut.
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Patrick Lambie came back strongly from his injury and propelled the Sharks from their dismal form, which included two losses after his departure, he then led them to 6th place on the Super Rugby log only nine points behind the Reds.
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Patrick Lambie finished fourth on the point scorers chart with 193 points which included four tries in his first full season of Super Rugby.
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Patrick Lambie broke the Sharks record for most points scored in a season by an individual player.
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Patrick Lambie made two more appearances for the Springboks in 2011 during the Tri-nations and earned his first start on 30 July at fly-half against New Zealand.
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Patrick Lambie then returned to South Africa and played against the MTN Lions in the Currie Cup.
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Patrick Lambie played against the Blue Bulls in the semi-final and then eventually lost the Currie Cup final to the MTN Lions.
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The Sharks then played another 6 games and won 4 of them mainly due to Patrick Lambie scoring 89 points in the five games he played, missing one match due to concussion.
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Patrick Lambie recovered from his concussion and returned to action against the Blues and scored 9 points in a tight match.
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Patrick Lambie would suffer from injury again however and miss the playoff match against the Reds and the semi-final against the Stormers.
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Patrick Lambie played 13 games during the 2012 Super Rugby season, scoring 141 points as he averaged 11 points a game.
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Patrick Lambie only played three matches during the 2012 Currie Cup Tournament for the Sharks due to his international commitments for the South African National team.
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Patrick Lambie played his first Currie Cup match against the Griquas in Kimberly.
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Patrick Lambie set up 3 tries and scored 17 points as the Sharks continued their form going into the semi-final, Lambie was awarded the Man-of-the-Match award for his performance.
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Patrick Lambie finished the Currie Cup campaign with 50 points in 3 games and was selected for the South African National Team's Northern Hemisphere tour at the end of the year.
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On 4 October 2014 Patrick Lambie scored the winning penalty against The All Blacks which ended their 22 match unbeaten run.
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Patrick Lambie was selected as Springbok reserve fullback for The Castle Rugby Championship 2012, but was kept warming the bench in favour of the regular full back, Zane Kirchner, during the two matches against Argentina in August 2012.
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Patrick Lambie was selected as Springbok fly-half and goal kicker for the outgoing overseas tour to Britain and Ireland during November 2012, coincidentally scoring 11 points in each of the three tests giving him a grand total of 33 points on the tour.
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Patrick Lambie was recognised for his consistent and exceptional play in the 2012 season by being nominated for SARU Player of the year.
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Patrick Lambie announced his retirement from rugby on 19 January 2019 due to multiple concussions in his career.
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