Philip du Preez

Philip du Preez
Personal information
Born (1993-08-01) 1 August 1993
Roodepoort, South Africa
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight 125 kg (19 st 10 lb)[1]
School(s) attended Hoërskool Monument, Krugersdorp
Club information
Playing position Lock
Current club Eastern Province Kings / Kings
Youth career
2011 Golden Lions
2012 Blue Bulls
2013 UFS Shimlas Young Guns
2013–14 Free State Cheetahs
2014–15 Bayonne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2014 Free State XV 3 (0)
2016– Eastern Province Kings 0 (0)
Representative team(s)‡
2011 S.A. Schools 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 10 March 2016.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 28 January 2016.

Philip du Preez (born 1 August 1993 in Roodepoort, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing Super Rugby with the Kings and Currie Cup rugby with the Eastern Province Kings.[2] His regular position is lock.

Career

Youth

Du Preez attended the Krugersdorp-based Hoërskool Monument, where he earned an inclusion into the Golden Lions squad at the foremost schools rugby union competition in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week, held in Kimberley in 2011. He made three appearances as the Golden Lions side qualified to play in the unofficial final match of the competition, there they lost to the Free State Cheetahs.

He was also named in the South African Schools squad at the conclusion of the tournament and came on as a replacement in their match against France[3] which was played in Port Elizabeth as a curtain-raiser to the South Africa versus New Zealand match during the 2011 Tri Nations Series.

After high school, Du Preez was included in the Blue Bulls U19 squad that participated in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, but he made just a single appearance in their 45–14 victory over the Free State U19s in Bloemfontein.[4] A Gilmore's groin ruled him out for much of the year.

Free State Cheetahs

He permanently moved to Bloemfontein for 2013 to join the Free State Cheetahs academy based at the University of the Free State. He represented the UFS Shimlas Young Guns during the 2013 Varsity Cup Young Guns competition. He started all three of their matches during the regular season – against UP Tuks Young Guns,[5] NWU Pukke Young Guns[6] and Wits Young Guns[7] – as well as their semi-final defeat to Maties Juniors.[8] In the second half of the year, he made one start and six appearances as a replacement for the Free State U21s during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship, as the side finished in fifth position on the log to miss out on the title play-offs.

In 2014, Du Preez was included in the Free State XV squad that participated in the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. He made his first class debut in their 52–47 victory over the SWD Eagles in George in the opening match of the competition.[9] He was used as a replacement in their matches against the Boland Cavaliers[10] and Simba XV,[11] helping the Free State XV finish in second position on the Southern Section log to qualify for the play-offs. He wasn't involved in their quarter final match, where the Blue Bulls eliminated them form the competition by winning 22–21 in Bloemfontein.[12]

He made a further six[note 1] appearances for a Free State U21 side that finished in fourth position on the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship log before being eliminated by Western Province U21 in the semi-finals.[16]

Bayonne

At the start of 2015, Du Preez moved to French Pro Rugby D2 side, where he joined the youth team (Espoirs) of Basque side Bayonne on a trial period for the remainder of the 2014–15 season.[1] He was in the starting line-up for their matches against Agen, Brive, Clermont, Montpellier, Pau, Perpignon, Toulon and Toulouse, missing their match against Bordeaux due to concussion.

Southern Kings

On 25 January 2016, the Port Elizabeth-based Southern Kings Super Rugby franchise announced that Du Preez joined them ahead of the 2016 Super Rugby season.[17] He also appeared for George based union the SWD Eagles during their preparations for the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series.[18]

Notes

  1. ↑ While the match scoreboard on the South African Rugby Union site lists Du Preez as an unused replacement in the match between Blue Bulls U21 and Free State U21,[13] photos taken during the match show that he did indeed appear during the match.[14][15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Du renfort chez les Espoirs !". Aviron Bayonnais (in French). 11 March 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "SARU Player Profile Philip du Preez". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "SA Schools 21-14 France U18 A". South African Rugby Union. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Toyota Free State Cheetahs 14-45 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "UP-Tuks hold off gritty Shimlas". Varsity Cup. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Young Shimlas edge Pukke". Varsity Cup. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Shimlas show Wits no mercy". Varsity Cup. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Maties surge sinks Shimlas". Varsity Cup. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Toyota Free State XV 52-47 SWD Eagles". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Regent Boland Cavaliers 20-28 Toyota Free State XV". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Toyota Free State XV 77-10 Tusker Simba XV". South African Rugby Union. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Toyota Free State XV 21-22 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Blue Bulls U21 24-10 Free State U21". South African Rugby Union. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Basie le Roux - Fotos de Basie le Roux". Facebook. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  15. ↑ "Basie le Roux - Fotos de Basie le Roux [2]". Facebook. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  16. ↑ "Western Province U21 41-17 Free State U21". South African Rugby Union. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Three more signings for the Southern Kings" (Press release). Southern Kings. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "SWD Eagles team to face Border Bulldogs announced". The Gremlin. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
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