Christiaan Roets

Christiaan Roets
Personal information
Nickname	Roetsy
Born	(1980-09-05) 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	58	6	0	0	24
	Total	99	18	0	0	72
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2009–15	Wales	21	13	0	0	52
2011	South Africa	1	0	0	0	0
As of ^[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.

In October 2015, Roets played in the 2015 European Cup tournament.

References

Wales squad – 2013 Rugby League World Cup

Elliot Kear Rhys Evans Rhys Williams Rob Massam Christiaan Roets Danny Jones Lloyd White Matt Seamark Gil Dudson Jacob Emmitt Ben Evans Dan Fleming Ben Flower Jordan James Craig Kopczak Neil Budworth Ian Webster Ross Divorty James Geurtjens Rhodri Lloyd Larne Patrick Tyson Frizell Anthony Walker Peter Lupton Coach: Harris

Wales squad – 2011 Rugby League Four Nations

Beasley Bracek Briers (c) Budworth Divorty Dudson Flower Frizell Gay A. James J. James Jones Kear Kopczak Lennon Lupton Roets Seamark Watson Webster White L. Williams R. Williams Coach: Harris

North Wales Crusaders squads

North Wales Crusaders – 2013 Squad

1 Johnson 2 Weaver 3 Roets 4 Brennan 5 Massam 6 Moulsdale 7 Durbin 8 Walker 9 Hudson 10 Braddish 11 Gorski 12 Middlehurst 13 Smith 14 McConnell 15 Adamson 16 MacDonald 17 Reardon 18 North Wales Crusaders Supporters 19 Bowman 20 Sheen 21 Stephens 22 Wilkes 23 White 24 McDermott 25 Griffiths 26 Reid 27 Clark 28 Oakden 29 Bannister 30 Brown Coach: Clive Griffiths

North Wales Crusaders – 2012 Squad

Adamson Brennan Broadbent O. Brown I. Brown Clark Clay Cross Durbin Frodsham Gorski Griffiths Haggerty Hamon Hudson D. Hulme L. Hulme Johnson Lawton Lunt Massam McCloskey McConnell Morrison Moulsdale Orwell Oakden Roets Sheen Smith Stephens Trumper Tyrer C. Walker J. Walker Walsh Weaver Wilkes Coach: Clive Griffiths

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