Roelof Smit (rugby union) explained

Roelof Smit
Fullname:Roelof Andries Smit
Birth Date:11 January 1993
Birth Place:Queenstown, South Africa
Weight:1090NaN0
School:Hoërskool Waterkloof, Pretoria
Position:Flanker
Currentclub: /
Youthyears1:2009–2010
Youthyears2:2011–2014
Years1:2013–2019
Apps1:29
Points1:45
Years2:2014–2019
Apps2:26
Points2:15
Years3:2016–2019
Apps3:11
Points3:35
Years4:2020–2021
Apps4:0
Points4:0
Years5:2020–2021
Apps5:4
Points5:0
Years6:2022
Apps6:3
Points6:5
Years7:2022–
Years8:2023–
Amatyears1:2014
Amatapps1:5
Amatpoints1:5
Repyears1:2013
Repteam1:South Africa Under-20
Repcaps1:4
Reppoints1:0
Repyears2:2016
Repteam2:Springbok XV
Repcaps2:1
Reppoints2:5
Clubupdate:23 July 2022
Repupdate:11 April 2018

Roelof Andries Smit (born 11 January 1993 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape) is a South African rugby union player for the Lions in Super Rugby, the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup and the Lions in the Rugby Challenge. He also represented South Africa against the Barbarians in 2016.[1] His regular position is flanker.

Career

Youth

He represented the at the 2009 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and at the 2010 Under-18 Craven Week. He then joined Pretoria-based team the 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 during the 2013 Vodacom Cup, when he came on as a substitute against the . A further two appearances followed that season.

In 2013, he signed a contract extension to keep him at the until 2015.[2] He signed a further extension in 2015 to remain in Pretoria until the end of the 2017 season.[3]

Representative rugby

He was included in the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scoresway Player Profile Roelof Smit . Scoresway . 20 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Young stars extend Bulls stay . Sport24 . 20 June 2013 . 21 June 2013.
  3. Established Springboks to continue careers with Blue Bulls . Bulls . 31 August 2015 . 31 August 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031849/http://thebulls.co.za/news/2015/08/31/nuwe-spelers . 17 November 2015 .