RG Snyman

RG Snyman
Personal information
Full name Rudolph Gerhardus Snyman
Born (1995-01-29) 29 January 1995
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Height 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight 117 kg (18 st 6 lb)
School(s) attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, Pretoria
Club information
Playing position Lock
Current club Bulls
Youth career
2008– Blue Bulls
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2015– Blue Bulls 14 (0)
2015– Bulls 8 (10)
Representative team(s)‡
2013 S.A. Schools 3 (0)
2015 S.A. Under-20 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 1 May 2016.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 22 June 2015.

Rudolph Gerhardus Snyman (born 29 January 1995, in Potchefstroom, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Bulls.[1] His regular position is lock.

Career

Youth

He represented the Blue Bulls since primary school level, when he played in the 2008 Under-13 Craven Week competition. He then represented them at the 2011 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in East London, where he scored a try in their match against Boland.[2]

He also represented them at the 2013 Under-18 Craven Week tournament in Polokwane, where he made three appearances. After the tournament, Snyman was selected in the S.A. Schools team that played three matches against European counterparts in August 2013; he started their matches against England,[3] France[4] and Wales,[5] helping them to victories in all three matches.

After secondary school, he joined the Blue Bulls Academy and represented the Blue Bulls U19 side during the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He got of to a flying start for the U19s, scoring a try in their opening match of the season in a 29–17 victory over Eastern Province U19.[6] He eventually played in ten matches during the regular season, contributing one more try in their match against Free State U19[7] and helping them to finish top of the log to qualify to the semi-finals. He started both the semi-final – a 43–20 win against the Sharks U19[8] – and the final, which they lost 26–33 against the hosts Western Province U19 in Cape Town.[9]

2015–

In 2015, Snyman was included in the Bulls Super Rugby squad prior to the 2015 Super Rugby season[10] despite not having featured in any first class matches up to that point. However, he didn't get any game time and reverted to the Blue Bulls squad for the 2015 Vodacom Cup. He made his senior debut in the first match of that competition, a 37–13 victory over Gauteng rivals the Falcons in Kempton Park.[11] He also started their next three matches against the Leopards,[12] Golden Lions[13] and Pumas.[14]

He was named in a 37-man training squad for the South Africa national under-20 rugby union team[15] and featured for them in a friendly match against a Varsity Cup Dream Team in April 2015.[16] Despite missing out on their two-match tour of Argentina,[17]

Upon the team's return, he was named in the final squad for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[18] He started all three of their matches in Pool B of the competition; a 33–5 win against hosts Italy,[19] a 40–8 win against Samoa[20] and a 46–13 win over Australia[21] to help South Africa finish top of Pool B to qualify for the semi-finals with the best record pool stage of all the teams in the competition. Snyman started their semi-final match against England, but could not prevent them losing 20–28 to be eliminated from the competition by England for the second year in succession[22] and also started their third-place play-off match against France, helping South Africa to a 31–18 win to secure third place in the competition.[23]

In June 2015, he extended his contract at the Bulls until October 2017.[24]

References

  1. ↑ "SARU Player Profile RG Snyman". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Blue Bulls vs Boland". South African Rugby Union. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs England". South African Rugby Union. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs France". South African Rugby Union. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs Wales". South African Rugby Union. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Blue Bulls U19 vs EP Kings U19". South African Rugby Union. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Free State U19 vs Blue Bulls U19". South African Rugby Union. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Blue Bulls U19 vs Sharks U19". South African Rugby Union. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Western Province U19 vs Blue Bulls U19". South African Rugby Union. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Vodacom Bulls Team". Bulls. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Hino Valke vs Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Vodacom Blue Bulls vs Leopards XV". South African Rugby Union. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Xerox Golden Lions vs Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Vodacom Blue Bulls vs Steval Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "Junior Bok training squad confirmed". South African Rugby Union. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Varsity Cup XV vs South Africa U/20". South African Rugby Union. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  17. ↑ "SARU names Junior Bok squad for Argentine tour". South African Rugby Union. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "Liebenberg to lead Junior Boks at U20 World Championship in Italy". South African Rugby Union. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Italy U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  20. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Samoa U20". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  21. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Australia U20". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  22. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs England U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  23. ↑ "Match Breakdown: France U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  24. ↑ "Vodacom Blue Bulls name Absa Currie Cup squad" (Press release). Bulls. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
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