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Lance Sherrell

South African rugby union player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionFeb 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ104536777 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lance Reginald Sherrell (born 9 February 1966) is a South African former rugby union player.

Playing career

Sherrell represented Transvaal at the 1983 and the 1984 Craven Week tournament and made his senior provincial debut for Transvaal in 1986, after which he also played for Western Province, Natal and Northern Transvaal. In 1994 he toured with the Springboks to New Zealand. Sherrell did not play in any test matches but played in six tour matches, scoring 31 points, including three tries, for the Springboks.

See also

List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Lance Sherrell” as south African rugby union player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lance, Sherrell and South.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1966, 1983, 1984, 1986—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1966-02-09. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lance, Sherrell and South providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q104536777. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1966, 1983, 1984 and 1986.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lance Sherrell” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.