EW Viljoen

EW Viljoen
Personal information
Born (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
School(s) attended Grey College, Bloemfontein
Club information
Playing position Fullback / Winger / Centre
Current club Western Province
Youth career
2008–13 Free State Cheetahs
2014– Western Province
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2014– Western Province 9 (15)
Representative team(s)‡
2013 S.A. Schools 2 (0)
2015– S.A. Under-20 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 11 June 2015.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 22 June 2015.

EW Viljoen (born 9 May 1995 in Bloemfontein, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with Western Province.[1] His is a utility back that can play as a fullback, winger or centre.

Career

Youth

Viljoen were noticed at primary school level, when he was selected in the Free State squad for the Under-13 Craven Week tournament in 2008. He then went to Grey College in Bloemfontein, where he was called up to a number of youth tournaments. He played at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2011, where he scored 18 points in two matches against Western Province[2] and the Falcons.[3]

In 2012, he was included in the Free State's Under-18 Craven Week squad, scoring a try against KwaZulu-Natal[4] and he played in the competition again in 2013, this time contributing a brace in their match against the Pumas.[5]

This led to Viljoen's inclusion in the South African Schools side for the 2013 international series, where he started two matches to help the South African side to victories over England[6] and France.[7]

At the end of 2013, he moved to Cape Town to join Western Province. He was one of the Western Province Rugby Institute players that were invited to form part of the Stormers wider training group prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season.[8] A knee injury ruled him out for part of the season,[9] but he returned to action for the Western Province U21 side during the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship, scoring five tries in five appearances, including a brace against the Leopards U21.[10]

Western Province

He was included in the senior squad for the first time for the final match of the round-robin stage of the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, being named in the starting line-up for their match against the Natal Sharks.[11]

South Africa Under-20

In March 2015, Viljoen was named in an extended South Africa Under-20 training group as part of their preparation for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[12] He didn't feature in a friendly match against a Varsity Cup Dream Team[13] or their two-match tour of Argentina,[14] but was included in the final squad for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[15]

He wasn't named in the squad for their 33–5 win against hosts Italy in the first of their three matches in Pool B of the competition[16] and was an unused replacement in their next match, a 40–8 win against Samoa.[17] He started their final match, a 46–13 win over Australia[18] to help South Africa finish top of Pool B to qualify for the semi-finals with the best record pool stage of all the teams in the competition. Viljoen started their semi-final match against England, but could not prevent them losing 20–28 to be eliminated from the competition by England for the second year in succession[19] and also started their third-place play-off match against France, helping South Africa to a 31–18 win to secure third place in the competition.[20]

Cricket

Viljoen was also a cricketer at school and was called up to various Free State youth cricket teams.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "SARU Player Profile EW Viljoen". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Match Breakdown: WP vs Free State". South African Rugby Union. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Free State vs Valke". South African Rugby Union. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Free State vs KZN". South African Rugby Union. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Free State vs Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs England". South African Rugby Union. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs France". South African Rugby Union. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Contracted players kick-off preparations". Stormers. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Unbeaten U21 WP Get a Boost in Time for the Bulls". Youth Sports Network. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Leopards U21 vs Western Province U21". South African Rugby Union. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Experienced Harris in charge as Sharks come to town". Western Province. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "SARU names large group for Junior Bok trials". South African Rugby Union. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Varsity Cup XV vs South Africa U/20". South African Rugby Union. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "SARU names Junior Bok squad for Argentine tour". South African Rugby Union. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "Liebenberg to lead Junior Boks at U20 World Championship in Italy". South African Rugby Union. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Italy U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Samoa U20". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  18. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Australia U20". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  19. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs England U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  20. ↑ "Match Breakdown: France U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  21. ↑ "Cricinfo Player Profile EW Viljoen". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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