Martin Dreyer (rugby union)

Martin Dreyer
Personal information
Full name Marthinus Christoffel Dreyer
Born (1988-08-25) 25 August 1988
Rustenburg, South Africa
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
School(s) attended Hoërskool Wonderboom, Pretoria
University NWU Pukke
Club information
Playing position Prop
Current club Dax
Youth career
2006 Blue Bulls
2007–09 Leopards
Amateur team(s)
Years Team
2010–13 NWU Pukke (Varsity Cup) 18 (10)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Pts)
2011–13 Leopards 17 (5)
2014–15 Boland Cavaliers 19 (5)
2014 Stormers 5 (0)
2015– Dax 4 (0)
Representative team(s)
2013 South African Universities 1 (0)
2013 South Africa President's XV 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 22 July 2015.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 17 June 2013.

Marthinus Christoffel Dreyer (born 25 August 1988) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with French Rugby Pro D2 side Dax.[1] His regular position is prop.

Career

Youth

After representing the Blue Bulls at the 2006 Under-18 Academy Week youth tournament, he then joined Potchefstroom-based side the Leopards and represented them in the Under-19 Provincial Championship tournament in 2007 and the Under-19 Provincial Championship tournament in 2008 and 2009.

Leopards

He made his first class debut for the Leopards in the 2011 Vodacom Cup competition against the Boland Cavaliers[2] and also played against Western Province that season.[3] He didn't appear for them in 2012, but did play in four matches in the 2013 Vodacom Cup tournament.

Boland Cavaliers

He joined Boland Cavaliers for the start of 2014.[4]

Representative rugby

In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup[5] and won the tournament after winning all three matches.[6]

Dax

He joined French side Dax for the 2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 season.

Varsity Rugby

He also represented the NWU Pukke in Varsity Cup rugby between 2010 and 2013.

References

  1. "SARU Player Profile Martin Dreyer". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  2. "Leopards vs Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  3. "Leopards vs DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  4. "Luiperds se Meel op 12" (in Afrikaans). SupaRugby. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  5. "SA President’s XV selected for IRB Tblisi Cup". South African Rugby Union. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  6. "SA President’s XV win Tbilisi Cup". IRB. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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