Morné Mellett

Morné Mellett

Personal information
Full name	Morné Melvin Mellett
Born	2 October 1989 Boksburg, South Africa
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
School(s) attended	Dr E.G. Jansen
Club information
Playing position	Loosehead Prop
Youth career
2006–07	Falcons
2007–10	Blue Bulls
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2010–11	UP Tuks	4	(0)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2010–14	Blue Bulls	26	(10)
2013–15	Bulls	36	(0)
2010–15	Total	62	(10)
Representative team(s)^‡
2009	S.A. Under-20	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 13 June 2015. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 24 September 2012.

Morné Melvin Mellett is a former South African rugby union player, that played with the Blue Bulls provincial team between 2010 and 2014 and with the Bulls Super Rugby team between 2013 and 2015.^[1] His usual position is prop.

Career

After representing the Falcons at several youth tournaments, he joined the Blue Bulls 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 Falcons.^[2] 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 Free State Cheetahs.^[3]

He also played for UP Tuks 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.^[4]

References

1. "Player Profile Morné Mellett". sarugby.net. Retrieved 24 Sep 2012.
2. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Valke 7-50 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
3. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 34-30 Toyota Free State Cheetahs". South African Rugby Union. 22 September 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
4. "Mellett calls it a day" (Press release). Bulls. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.