Kevin Buys

Kevin Buys
Personal information
Full nameKevin Buys
Born26 April 1986
Benoni, South Africa
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight120 kg (18 st 13 lb)
School(s) attendedHoërskool Dr EG Jansen
UniversityUniversity of Pretoria
Club information
Playing positionProp
Current clubCA Brive
Youth career
2005–07Blue Bulls
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Pts)
2007Blue Bulls7(0)
2007–09CA Brive20(5)
2009–11Golden Lions24(0)
2010–11Lions13(0)
2012–13Eastern Province Kings2(0)
2013Kings17(0)
2013–CA Brive()
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 3 August 2013.
† Appearances (Points).

Kevin Buys is a South African rugby union player who plays with Brive in the French Top 14 competition.[1]

Career

He started his playing career at the Blue Bulls as a youth player. In 2007, he made his debut in the Vodacom Cup competition. He then moved to French club CA Brive in November 2007. He played in the Espoirs (their reserve team), but graduated to the first team. He made 15 appearances for the team in the 2007–08 Top 14 season. He just made a further five appearances for the team the following season, three of those in the 2008–09 European Challenge Cup.[2]

He then returned to South Africa and joined the Golden Lions team in 2009. He played for them in the domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions, as well as for the Lions in the Super Rugby competition. At the start of 2012, he linked up with the Eastern Province Kings. He was also named in the Kings squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.

In 2013, he rejoined French Top 14 side CA Brive for a second time.[3]

References

  1. "Player Profile Kevin Buys". sarugby.net. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  2. "Kevin Buys". worldartists.co.za. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  3. "Le pilier droit sud-africain Kevin Buys de retour au CA Brive". France 3 (in French). France 3. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.