Roelof Smit
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roelof Andries Smit | ||
| Nickname | Muishond | ||
| Born |
11 January 1993 Queenstown, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 109 kg (17 st 2 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Hoërskool Hangklip, Queenstown | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Flanker | ||
| Current club | Bulls / Blue Bulls | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Border Bulldogs | ||
| 2011–2014 | Blue Bulls | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2014–present | UP Tuks | 5 | (5) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2013–present | Blue Bulls | 32 | (70) |
| 2014–present | Bulls | 13 | (5) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2013–present | South Africa Under-20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | Springbok XV | 1 | (5) |
|
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 25 October 2016. | |||
Roelof Andries Smit (born 11 January 1993 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Bulls in Super Rugby and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and represented South Africa against the Barbarians in 2016.[1][2] His regular position is flanker.
Career
Youth
He represented the Border Bulldogs at the 2009 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and at the 2010 Under-18 Craven Week. He then joined Pretoria-based team the Blue Bulls and represented them in the Craven Week competition in 2011. In 2012, he was a member of the Blue Bulls teams that finished runners-up in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, making ten starts and scoring three tries.
Blue Bulls
He made his senior debut for the Blue Bulls during the 2013 Vodacom Cup, when he came on as a substitute against the Pumas.[3] A further two appearances followed that season.
In 2013, he signed a contract extension to keep him at the Blue Bulls until 2015.[4] He signed a further extension in 2015 to remain in Pretoria until the end of the 2017 season.[5]
Representative rugby
He was included in the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.[6]
References
- ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Roelof Smit". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ↑ "Scoresway Player Profile Roelof Smit". Scoresway. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 42-44 Steval Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ "Young stars extend Bulls stay". Sport24. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ↑ "Established Springboks to continue careers with Blue Bulls" (Press release). Bulls. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ "Steenkamp leads powerful SA U20 JWC squad". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.