Christiaan Roets

Christiaan Roets
Personal information
Nickname Roetsy
Born 5 September 1980
Pretoria, South Africa
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–11 South Wales 41 12 0 0 48
2012– North Wales 11 0 0 0 0
Total 52 12 0 0 48
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–2014 Wales 14 8 0 0 32
2011 South Africa 1 0 0 0 0
As of 18 October 2014

[1] [2] [3]

Christiaan Roets (born in South Africa)[4] is a Welsh international rugby league player currently playing for the North Wales Crusaders in the Championship One. He previously played for the Bridgend Blue Bulls in the Welsh rugby league competition, South Wales Scorpions in the Championship One and started his rugby league career at Swansea Valley Miners.

International career

He made his international debut in the 2009 European Cup where he earned a "Man of the Match" performance, scoring three tries against the Serbians.[4] He also featured in the European Cup Championship Final against Scotland scoring one try.[5] Roets scored a try for Wales in their game against England in the 2012 Tri-Nations.[6]

He was named in the South African team for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup Qualifiers.

Roets played for Wales in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. Roets was the top scorer for the Welsh, scoring four tries in the Tournament.

In October 2014, Roets played in the 2014 European Cup.[7] He scored a try in the opening game against Scotland.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.crusadersrfl.com/page.php?id=2037
  2. ↑ http://www.scorpionsrl.com/page.php?id=1839
  3. ↑ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/NjctLS0tLS0tLTE2MjkzLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=34839
  5. ↑ "EUROPEAN CUP FINAL - WALES 28 SCOTLAND 16". RLEF. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  6. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/20042115
  7. ↑ http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/899/kear-announces-welsh-train-on-squad