Marcel van der Merwe

Marcel van der Merwe
Full name Marcel van der Merwe
Date of birth 24 October 1990
Place of birth Welkom, South Africa
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 128 kg (20 st 2 lb)
School Grey College, Bloemfontein
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Prop
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011–12
2013–		 Free State Cheetahs
Blue Bulls		 39
13		 (85)
(5)
correct as of 18 October 2014.
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2012
2013–		 Cheetahs
Bulls		 3
23		 (0)
(20)
correct as of 19 April 2015.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2014– South Africa 5 (0)
correct as of 5 October 2014.

Marcel van der Merwe (born 24 October 1990) is a South African rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is prop. He represents the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions and the Bulls in Super Rugby.

He was included in the Bulls squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season[1] and made his debut in a 31–16 defeat to the Sharks in Durban.[2][3]

Representative rugby

In May 2014, Van der Merwe was one of eight uncapped players that were called up to a Springbok training camp prior to the 2014 mid-year rugby union tests.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Vodacom Bulls team". Bulls. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Match Centre: Sharks v Bulls". SANZAR. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Cell C Sharks vs Vodacom Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Springbok training squad for Durban camp named". South African Rugby Union. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.

External links

Springbok statistics

Test Match Record

Against Pld W D L Tri Con Pen DG Pts %Won
 Australia
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
50
 New Zealand
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
50
 Scotland
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
Total 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 60

Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Con = Conversions, Pen = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points Scored