Martin Dreyer (rugby union)

Martin Dreyer
Personal information
Full nameMarthinus Christoffel Dreyer
Born25 August 1988
Rustenburg, South Africa
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
School(s) attendedHoërskool Wonderboom, Pretoria
UniversityNWU Pukke
Club information
Playing positionProp
Current clubBoland Cavaliers / Stormers
Youth career
2006Blue Bulls
2007–09Leopards
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeam
2010–13NWU Pukke18(10)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Pts)
2011–13Leopards17(5)
2014–Boland Cavaliers12(5)
2014–Stormers5(0)
Representative team(s)
2013South African Universities1(0)
2013South Africa President's XV4(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 10 October 2014.

† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 17 June 2013.

Marthinus Christoffel Dreyer (born 25 August 1988) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Boland Cavaliers.[1] His regular position is prop.

Career

Youth

After representing the Blue Bulls at the 2006 Under-18 Academy Week youth tournament, he then joined Potchefstroom-based side the Leopards and represented them in the Under-19 Provincial Championship tournament in 2007 and the Under-19 Provincial Championship tournament in 2008 and 2009.

Leopards

He made his first class debut for the Leopards in the 2011 Vodacom Cup competition against the Boland Cavaliers[2] and also played against Western Province that season.[3] He didn't appear for them in 2012, but did play in four matches in the 2013 Vodacom Cup tournament.

Boland Cavaliers

He joined Boland Cavaliers for the start of 2014.[4]

Representative rugby

In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup[5] and won the tournament after winning all three matches.[6]

Varsity Rugby

He also represented the NWU Pukke in Varsity Cup rugby between 2010 and 2013.

References

  1. "SARU Player Profile Martin Dreyer". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  2. "Leopards vs Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  3. "Leopards vs DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  4. "Luiperds se Meel op 12" (in Afirkaans). SupaRugby. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  5. "SA President’s XV selected for IRB Tblisi Cup". South African Rugby Union. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  6. "SA President’s XV win Tbilisi Cup". IRB. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.