Morné Mellett Explained

Morné Mellett
Fullname:Morné Melvin Mellett
Birth Date:2 October 1989
Birth Place:Boksburg, South Africa
Weight:1150NaN0
School:Dr E.G. Jansen
Position:Loosehead Prop
Youthyears1:2006–2007
Youthyears2:2007–2010
Years1:2010–2014
Apps1:26
Points1:10
Years2:2013–2015
Apps2:36
Points2:0
Totalyears:2010–2015
Totalapps:62
Totalpoints:10
Amatyears1:2010–2011
Amatapps1:4
Amatpoints1:0
Repyears1:2009
Repteam1:South Africa Under-20
Repcaps1:5
Reppoints1:0
Clubupdate:13 June 2015
Repupdate:24 September 2012

Morné Melvin Mellett is a former South African rugby union player, that played with the provincial team between 2010 and 2014 and with the Super Rugby team between 2013 and 2015. His usual position is prop.

Career

After representing the at several youth tournaments, he joined the in 2010.

He made his first team debut for the Blue Bulls in the 2010 Vodacom Cup, coming on as a substitute in their game against his former team, the . He made several appearances in this competition over the next three seasons and finally made his Currie Cup debut in the 2012 Currie Cup Premier Division against the .

He also played for in the 2010 and 2011 Varsity Cup competitions.

He retired in December 2015, aged just 26, on medical advice after he suffered a vertebral artery dissection earlier in the year.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Mellett calls it a day . Bulls . 10 December 2015 . 10 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151211044901/http://thebulls.co.za/news/2015/12/10/morne-mellet/ . 11 December 2015 .