Rosco Speckman

Rosco Speckman
Personal information
Full name Rosco Shane Speckman
Born (1989-04-28) 28 April 1989
Grahamstown
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 70 kg (11 st 0 lb)
School(s) attended Mary Waters High School,
Grahamstown
Club information
Playing position Winger
Current club S.A. Sevens
Youth career
2007–08 Eastern Province Kings
2009–10 Natal Sharks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2010–12 Natal Sharks 14 (25)
2013–15 Pumas 45 (140)
Representative team(s)‡
2013 South Africa President's XV 3 (5)
2014– S.A. Sevens ()

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 9 October 2015.
† Appearances (Points).

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

Rosco Shane Speckman [note 1] is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the South Africa Sevens team.[1] His usual position is winger.

Career

Youth

At youth level, he played at the 2007 U18 Academy Week for Eastern Province Country Districts and then for the Mighty Elephants (now Eastern Province Kings) U19 team in the 2008 U19 Currie Cup competition.

In 2009, he moved to the Natal Sharks, where he played in their U19 team.

Natal Sharks

He made his debut in the 2010 Vodacom Cup quarter final game against Griquas.[5] He was a first choice player in the U21 team that year, scoring three tries. The following season, he scored four tries in five appearances in the 2011 Vodacom Cup and made another five appearances in the 2012 Vodacom Cup.

Pumas

He joined the Pumas for the 2013 season.[6]

He was a member of the Pumas side that won the Vodacom Cup for the first time in 2015, beating Western Province 24–7 in the final.[7] His only appearance during the season came in the final after returning from South Africa Sevens duty.[8]

Representative rugby

In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup[9] and won the tournament after winning all three matches.[10]

He was also called into an S.A. Sevens training squad in 2013[11] and was included in the Sevens squad for the USA leg of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.[12]

Notes

  1. ↑ There are different spellings of Speckman's name in use. The South African Rugby Union website lists his name as Rosko Specman,[1] which is also used during television coverage, but several other website lists his name as Rosco Speckman. Both variants yield several search results from reliable sources.[2][3] According to the player's former twitter account,[4] the spelling is Rosco Speckman.

References

  1. 1 2 "Player Profile Rosco Speckman". sarugby.net. Retrieved 7 Sep 2012.
  2. ↑ ""rosco speckman" - Google Search". Google. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  3. ↑ ""rosko specman" - Google Search". Google. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "rosco speckman (@speckmagic)". Twitter. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sharks XV vs Griquas". sarugby.net. Retrieved 7 Sep 2012.
  6. ↑ "Speckman 'n Puma". suparugby.com. 5 Nov 2012. Retrieved 5 Nov 2012.
  7. ↑ "Steval Pumas first-time Vodacom Cup champions – Final Review". South African Rugby Union. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Steval Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "SA President’s XV selected for IRB Tblisi Cup". South African Rugby Union. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "SA President’s XV win Tbilisi Cup". IRB. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  11. ↑ "Speckman joins Blitzbokke". Sport24. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "Experienced Springbok Sevens side to defend USA title". South African Rugby Union. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
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