Roelof Smit
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roelof Andries Smit | ||
| Born | 11 January 1993 Queenstown, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Hoërskool Waterkloof | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Flanker | ||
| Current club | Blue Bulls | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–10 | Border Bulldogs | ||
| 2011– | Blue Bulls | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2014– | UP Tuks | 5 | (5) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2013– | Blue Bulls | 7 | (15) |
| 2014– | Bulls | 2 | (0) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2013– | S.A. Under-20 | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and points correct as of 12 July 2014. † Appearances (Points). | |||
Roelof Andries Smit (born 11 January 1993 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Blue Bulls.[1][2] His regular position is flanker.
Career
Youth
He represented the Border Bulldogs at the 2009 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and at the 2010 Under-18 Craven Week. He then joined Pretoria-based team the Blue Bulls and represented them in the Craven Week competition in 2011. In 2012, he was a member of the Blue Bulls teams that finished runners-up in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, making ten starts and scoring three tries.
Blue Bulls
He made his senior debut for the Blue Bulls during the 2013 Vodacom Cup, when he came on as a substitute against the Pumas.[3] A further two appearances followed that season.
In 2013, he signed a contract extension to keep him at the Blue Bulls until 2015.[4]
Representative rugby
He was included in the S.A. Under-20 squad for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.[5]
References
- ↑ "SARU Player Profile Roelof Smit". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ "Scoresway Player Profile Roelof Smit". Scoresway. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ "Vodacom Blue Bulls vs Steval Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ "Young stars extend Bulls stay". Sport24. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ↑ "Steenkamp leads powerful SA U20 JWC squad". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.