Eital Bredenkamp is a South Africanrugby union player who last played for in the Currie Cup. His regular position is flanker, but he occasionally plays as a hooker.
Career
Youth
He played for and captained his high school, Pretoria-based Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool at schoolboy level. Despite not being selected by the for any youth tournaments such as the prestigious Under-18 Craven Week tournament, his performances were noted by and he joined the Cape Town outfit for the 2012 season. He started twelve matches for the side during the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring seven tries – which included a hat-trick in their 39–8 victory over in Cape Town – to help his side to the play-offs of the competition. Another of his tries came in the semi-final match against the, helping Western Province to a 24–14 victory to reach the final against the in Durban. Bredenkamp started that match to help his side to win the title by running out 22–18 winners. In 2013, he became involved in the set-up and appeared on ten occasions during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He mainly played off the bench – making just two starts – but still contributed to the cause by scoring five tries for his side. This included two tries scored in their semi-final match against the ; he scored a second-half try as the match finished 34–34 after the regulation 80 minutes and he scored a second try in the 90th minute which proved instrumental to helping his side to a 44–41 victory. He played in the final as Western Province beat the 30–23. He played for the Under-21 side once more during the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship, also being named captain for the campaign. He finished as the top try scorer in Group A of the competition, scoring thirteen tries in twelve appearances. This included hat-tricks in their matches against in their opening match of the season and against in a 90–0 demolition. He led to the final of the competition, but failed to win his second youth championship in three years as they lost 10–20 to the.
Western Province
He made his first class debut for during the 2014 Vodacom Cup. Despite playing as a flanker for the majority of his rugby career, he was named as the replacement hooker for their opening match of the season against and came off the bench shortly after half-time to make his debut in a 16–8 victory. He made his first start the following week against the as Western Province lost 25–7 to their Durban rivals and made a further four substitute appearances as Western Province reached the quarter-finals of the competition, only to be eliminated by the in Nelspruit.
He was one of three players that moved from the Western Cape to the Eastern Cape to join Port Elizabeth-based side for the 2015 season. He made his debut for the EP Kings by starting their first match of the 2015 Vodacom Cup season, a 19–27 defeat to defending champions.
