Ryno Eksteen | |
Fullname: | Ryno Eksteen |
Birth Date: | 3 October 1994 |
Birth Place: | Centurion, South Africa |
Weight: | 880NaN0 |
School: | Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, Pretoria |
Position: | Fly-half / Full-back |
Youthyears1: | 2010–2012 |
Youthyears2: | 2015 |
Years1: | 2014 |
Apps1: | 1 |
Points1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2015 |
Apps2: | 2 |
Points2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2017–2018 |
Apps3: | 9 |
Points3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2017 |
Apps4: | 4 |
Points4: | 21 |
Years5: | 2018 |
Apps5: | 3 |
Points5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2020 |
Apps6: | 1 |
Points6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2020 |
Apps7: | 1 |
Points7: | 0 |
Repyears1: | 2012 |
Repteam1: | South Africa Schools |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Clubupdate: | 29 April 2021 |
Repupdate: | 22 April 2018 |
Ryno Eksteen (born 3 October 1994 in Centurion) is a South African rugby union player for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby. He previously played for the in the Currie Cup and the in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is fly-half or full-back.
Eksteen represented the in the 2010 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week competition and in the 2012 Under-18 Craven Week tournament, where he was top points scorer for the tournament and helped the Blue Bulls win the unofficial final against the .[1] His performance saw him called up to the 2012 South African Schools side[2] that played against France, Wales and England in August 2012.
He joined the Rugby Institute for the 2013 season[1] – moving in the opposite direction to Western Province's Craven Week and fellow S.A. Schools fly-half Handré Pollard, who joined the . However, a knee injury ruled him out of action for the 2013 season.[3]
He was included in the pre-season training squad for the prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season[4] and also made the final Stormers squad.
He made his Super Rugby debut in the opening match of the season, a 34–10 loss to the . Incredibly, he played Super Rugby without making any appearances in the South African domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions, or even playing at Under-21 or Under-19 level for .