Roelof Smit

Roelof Smit
Personal information
Full name Roelof Andries Smit
Born (1993-01-11) 11 January 1993
Queenstown, South Africa
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
School(s) attended Hoërskool Hangklip, Queenstown
Club information
Playing position Flanker
Current club Bulls
Youth career
2009–10 Border Bulldogs
2011–14 Blue Bulls
Amateur team(s)
Years Team
2014– UP Tuks 5 (5)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2013– Blue Bulls 21 (40)
2014– Bulls 10 (5)
Representative team(s)‡
2013– S.A. Under-20 4 (0)

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

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 20 June 2013.

Roelof Andries Smit (born 11 January 1993 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Bulls.[1][2] His regular position is flanker.

Career

Youth

He represented the Border Bulldogs at the 2009 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and at the 2010 Under-18 Craven Week. He then joined Pretoria-based team the Blue Bulls and represented them in the Craven Week competition in 2011. In 2012, he was a member of the Blue Bulls teams that finished runners-up in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, making ten starts and scoring three tries.

Blue Bulls

He made his senior debut for the Blue Bulls during the 2013 Vodacom Cup, when he came on as a substitute against the Pumas.[3] A further two appearances followed that season.

In 2013, he signed a contract extension to keep him at the Blue Bulls until 2015.[4] He signed a further extension in 2015 to remain in Pretoria until the end of the 2017 season.[5]

Representative rugby

He was included in the S.A. Under-20 squad for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "SARU Player Profile Roelof Smit". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Scoresway Player Profile Roelof Smit". Scoresway. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Vodacom Blue Bulls vs Steval Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Young stars extend Bulls stay". Sport24. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Established Springboks to continue careers with Blue Bulls" (Press release). Bulls. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Steenkamp leads powerful SA U20 JWC squad". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
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