JD Schickerling
John Dave Schickerling is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. He regularly plays as a lock.
Career
Youth
As a scholar at Paarl Gimnasium, he earned a call-up to the squad for the 2012 Under-18 Craven Week competition. At the completion of the Craven Week tournament, he was named in the South African Schools side that played a three-match tournament in August 2012. He started all three of South Africa's matches against France, Wales and England, helping South Africa to victories in all three matches.He was once again named in the South Africa Schools side in 2013, but missed the matches through injury. He recovered to represent the side during the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship, making two appearances.
In 2014, Schickerling was included in the South Africa Under-20 side that participated in the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship. After playing off the bench in their first match of the competition against Scotland, he got promoted to the starting line-up for their remaining pool stage matches against New Zealand and Samoa. He also started their semi-final match as they secured a second victory over New Zealand during the tournament and was also named in the run-on side for the final against England.
Western Province
He made his first class debut for during the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition, coming on as a substitute against the.He returned to action for the side during the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship, but suffered a serious set-back when he sustained a broken neck in their match against the in Pretoria on 30 August 2014. He was out of the game for thirteen months, but returned to action for Western Province's Under-21s in October 2015 in their match against the s in Johannesburg.