Gerrit-Jan van Velze

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Gerrit-Jan van Velze
Rugby union career
Full name	Gerrit-Jan van Velze
Date of birth	(1988-02-21) 21 February 1988
Place of birth	Secunda, South Africa
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
School	Afrikaans Boys High
University	University of Pretoria
Playing career
Position	Lock / Flank / Eighthman
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2012–	Northampton
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2007–	Blue Bulls	62	(45)
correct as of 17 May 2012.
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2010–	Bulls	2	(0)

correct as of 17 May 2012.

Gerrit-Jan van Velze (born (1988-02-21)21 February 1988) is a South African rugby union footballer. He plays for the Bulls in Super Rugby making his franchise debut during the 2010 Super 14 season against the Crusaders. He is a versatile forward and can play as a lock, flanker or eighthman.

Van Velze is currently captain of the Blue Bulls Vodacom Cup team ^[1] but will move to the Northampton Saints ^[2] ahead of the 2012–13 English Premiership season.

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Squads

v t e Bulls – 2012 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Arno Botha Rayno Gerber Dean Greyling Frik Kirsten Juandré Kruger Werner Kruger Bongi Mbonambi Dewald Potgieter Jacques Potgieter Chiliboy Ralepelle Pierre Spies CJ Stander Wilhelm Steenkamp Deon Stegmann Dawie Steyn Flip van der Merwe Gerrit-Jan van Velze Willie Wepener

Backs	Bjorn Basson JJ Engelbrecht Louis Fouché Francois Hougaard Zane Kirchner Akona Ndungane Wynand Olivier Johann Sadie Morné Steyn Francois Venter Jano Vermaak Did not play: Lionel Cronjé Ruan Snyman Jürgen Visser

Coach	Frans Ludeke

v t e Blue Bulls – 2012 Vodacom Cup

Forwards	Daniel Adongo Arno Botha Zane Botha Robbie Coetzee Jean Cook Rossouw de Klerk Rayno Gerber Cornell Hess Vincent Koch Wiaan Liebenberg Bongi Mbonambi Morné Mellett Jacques Momberg Franco Mostert Jono Ross Lean Schwartz Basil Short Dawie Steyn Warwick Tecklenburg Schalk van Heerden Gerrit-Jan van Velze Jacques Verwey Did not play: Shaun Adendorff Louis Albertse JJ Breet Gerno Eksteen Victor Hechter Marvin Orie Stephan Pretorius Juan Schoeman Stephan Schoeman CJ Stander Jason Thomas Hencus van Wyk

Backs	Ulrich Beyers Clayton Blommetjies Wesley Dunlop Jean du Plessis Willie du Plessis Lohan Jacobs Tony Jantjies Sampie Mastriet Jerome Pretorius Jan Serfontein Courtnall Skosan Ruan Snyman Rudi van Rooyen Francois Venter Jürgen Visser Did not play: Travis Ismaiel Adri Jacobs Pieter Oosthuizen Xander Redelinghuys

Coach	Pine Pienaar

Persondata
Name	van Velze, Gerrit-Jan
Alternative names
Short description	Rugby player
Date of birth	21 February 1988
Place of birth	Secunda, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Date of death
Place of death

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