David Horwitz

David Jason Horwitz (born 30 September 1994), commonly referred to as Dave, is an Australian former rugby union player. Horwitz previously played as a centre for Sydney rugby club Randwick in the Shute Shield, the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super Rugby, Irish rugby club Connacht and the New South Wales Country Eagles of the National Rugby Championship (NRC).

He became the first Australian Jewish person to play in the Super Rugby.

Early life and career Horwitz was born in Sydney, Australia to South African Jews. He played junior rugby for Easts Wallaroos and later Scots College.

Horwitz was the first, and currently only, Jew to play in the Super Rugby for an Australian club. 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.”

Horwitz played for the New South Wales Waratahs, the Melbourne Rebels, of the Super Rugby, and Connacht (Pro14) in between 2014 and 2020. In Australian domestic rugby he played for Randwick in club rugby, and the New South Wales Country Eagles, in the National Rugby Championship (NRC).

Super Rugby statistics

Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red 2014 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2016 13 5 8 595 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 2017 14 11 3 807 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 27 16 11 1402 2 1 0 0 12 0 0