Devon Williams (rugby union)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Devon Frank Williams | ||
Born |
Stellenbosch, South Africa | 16 April 1992||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 73 kg (11 st 7 lb) | ||
School(s) attended | Paarl Boys' High School | ||
Club information | |||
Playing position | Winger, Fullback | ||
Current club | Western Province / Stormers | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–13 | Western Province | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
2013–14 | Western Province | 16 | (55) |
2014 | Stormers | 3 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 26 October 2014. |
Devon Frank Williams (born 16 April 1992 in Stellenbosch) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the S.A. Sevens Academy.[1] His regular position is winger or fullback.
Career
Youth
Williams represented Western Province since Under-18 level, playing for them at the Academy Week and Craven Week tournaments in 2010. In 2011, he played for the Western Province U19 side in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition, scoring three tries in thirteen appearances. He played for the Western Province U21 side in 2012 (finishing joint-fifth top try scorer with six tries in just seven starts, despite missing a large part of the season through injury)[2] and 2013, scoring eight tries in fourteen starts[3] and winning the "U21 Back of the Year" award.[4]
Senior career
His first taste of senior rugby came in 2013, when he was included in the Western Province squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition.[5] He made his debut in the opening match of the season, starting on the left wing in their 17–17 draw with the Boland Cavaliers in Ceres, scoring a 22nd-minute try in the process.[6] He started in eight of Western Province's nine matches in the competition, scoring one more try in their match against the Border Bulldogs.[7]
His 2014 Vodacom Cup campaign saw him score an incredible nine tries in the first six matches of the competition. He scored two tries in their opening match against the Boland Cavaliers,[8] one each in their matches against the Eastern Province Kings,[9] the Border Bulldogs[10] and Free State XV[11] and four tries in their 65–29 victory over Kenyan representative side Simba XV.[12]
He was included in the Stormers squad for their 2014 Super Rugby Round 10 match against the Lions.[13] He twice came on as a blood-bin substitute to make his Super Rugby debut.[14] His first start came in the Stormers' next match, away to the Cheetahs.[15]
Sevens
He joined the S.A. Sevens Academy in 2014.[16]
References
- ↑ "SARU Player Profile Devon Williams". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship Try Scorers". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship try scorers". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "13 Outstanding Western Province Rugby Award Winners". Youth Sports Network. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "2013 Western Province Vodacom Cup squad". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: Regent Boland Cavaliers vs DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Regent Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: Border Bulldogs vs DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Toyota Free State XV". South African Rugby Union. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Tusker Simba XV". South African Rugby Union. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "DHL Stormers change five for Lions" (Press release). Stormers. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: DHL Stormers vs Lions". South African Rugby Union. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ↑ "Williams to make first Super start" (Press release). The Stormers. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ↑ "SARU names Blitzbokke hopefuls". Sport24. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
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