Wimpie van der Walt

Wimpie van der Walt
Personal information
Full name Petrus Willem van der Walt
Born (1989-01-06) 6 January 1989
Brits, South Africa
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
School(s) attended Hoërskool Nelspruit, Nelspruit
Club information
Playing position Flanker
Current club NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes
Youth career
2006–07 Pumas
2008–10 Western Province
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2010–11 Western Province 17 (25)
2012 San Gregorio 16 (10)
2012 Eastern Province Kings 17 (15)
2013 Kings 17 (30)
2013– NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes 18 (10)
2014 Blue Bulls 5 (10)
2014 Bulls 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 19 January 2015.

† Appearances (Points).

Petrus Willem van der Walt (born 6 January 1989 in Brits) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes in the Japanese Top League and with the Bulls in Super Rugby.[1][2] His regular position is flanker.

Career

Youth

He represented the Pumas at the 2006 and 2007 Craven Week tournaments. He then joined Western Province and represented them at Under-19 and Under-21 levels between 2008 and 2010. He was also included in the Maties squad for the 2010 Varsity Cup, but never made an appearance.

Western Province

He made his first team debut for Western Province in a Vodacom Cup match on 27 February 2010 against Boland Cavaliers.[3] and made his Currie Cup debut the following year against Griquas.[4] In total, he made fifteen Vodacom Cup and two Currie Cup appearances for Western Province.

San Gregorio

In October 2011, he joined Italian National Championship of Excellence team San Gregorio and made sixteen appearances for them in the 2011–12 season, but could not help them finishing bottom of the table and getting relegated to Serie A1 in 2012–13.

Eastern Province Kings

He returned to South Africa a few months later and joined Eastern Province Kings for the 2012 Currie Cup First Division season. He made his debut on 30 July 2012 in the opening game of the season against Boland Cavaliers.[5]

Southern Kings

He was named in the Kings squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.[6] He made his debut in the first match of the season against the Force[7] and quickly established himself as a first team regular, starting the fifteen out of the sixteen matches that season.

He scored his first try for the Kings in their defeat to the Crusaders in Christchurch.[8] He also scored a try in the Kings' dramatic 28–28 draw against the Brumbies,[9] as well as a week later, when he scored a late try against the Rebels[10] (the resulting conversion by Demetri Catrakilis tied the game at 27–27 and an injury-time drop goal secured a 30–27 win for the Kings). He also scored in the 19–11 defeat to the Stormers[11] and got two tries the following week against the Bulls[12] to become the Kings' leading try-scorer for the season with six tries.[13]

NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes

He signed Japanese Top League side NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes for the 2013–14 season,[14] scoring two tries in 13 appearances.[15]

Bulls

He returned to South Africa following the conclusion of the 2013–14 Top League and joined the Bulls on a two-month contract during the 2014 Super Rugby season.[16]

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile Wimpie van der Walt". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Union Sports Group Wimpie van der Walt". Union Sports Group. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Boland Cavaliers v Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Western Province v Griquas". South African Rugby Union. 16 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Boland Cavaliers v Eastern Province Kings". SARU. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Southern Kings name reduced 35-man Super Rugby squad". Rugby15. Rugby15. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Southern Kings vs Force". South African Rugby Union. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Crusaders vs Southern Kings". South African Rugby Unino. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Brumbies vs Southern Kings". South African Rugby Union. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Rebels vs Southern Kings". South African Rugby Union. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Stormers vs Southern Kings". South African Rugby Union. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Bulls vs Southern Kings". South African Rugby Union. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "2013 Super Rugby Try Scorers". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  14. ↑ "2013年度 新加入予定選手のお知らせ". NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes (in Japanese). 10 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  15. ↑ "It's Rugby - Player statistics Wimpie van der Walt". It's Rugby. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  16. ↑ "Vodacom Bulls loose forward stock bolstered" (Press release). Bulls. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
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