Stephan Lewies

Stephan Lewies
Personal information
Full name Joseph Stephanus Theuns Lewies
Born (1992-01-27) 27 January 1992
Pretoria, South Africa
Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 114 kg (17 st 13 lb)
School(s) attended Hoërskool Eldoraigne
Club information
Playing position Lock
Current club Sharks
Youth career
2011–13 Sharks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2012– Sharks (Currie Cup) 17 (5)
2014– Sharks 21 (0)
Representative team(s)‡
2014– South Africa 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 14 June 2015.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 29 June 2014.

Joseph Stephanus Theuns Lewies (born 27 January 1992) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Sharks.[1] His regular position is lock.

Career

Youth

He played for the Sharks U19 side in 2011 and for the Sharks U21s in 2012 and 2013, starting 33 matches for those sides.

Sharks

He was included in the Sharks XV Vodacom Cup side in 2012 and made a late substitute appearance in their match against the Boland Cavaliers in Malmesbury to make his first class debut.[2] Another substitute appearance followed in the 2013 Vodacom Cup, this time in a home match against the Free State XV.[3]

His Currie Cup debut came during the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division season, when he started in their match against the Golden Lions.[4] He remained in the side for the rest of the season, starting two matches in total and making three substitute appearances, including coming on in the Currie Cup final, where he contributed to the Sharks beating Western Province 33–19.[5]

Lewies was also included in the Sharks squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season[6] and made his debut in a 31–16 victory against the Bulls in Durban.[7][8]

International

After Bakkies Botha became unavailable and Flip van der Merwe got injured, Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer called up Lewies for the Test Match against Scotland. Lewies made his test debut on 28 June 2014, replacing stand-in captain Victor Matfield in the 55-6 thump over Scotland in Port Elizabeth.

External links

References

  1. ↑ "SARU Player Profile Stephan Lewies". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Regent Boland Kavaliers vs Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Sharks XV vs Toyota Free State XV". South African Rugby Union. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Match Breakdown: MTN Golden Lions vs The Sharks". South African Rugby Union. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs The Sharks". South African Rugby Union. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Sharks 2014 squad" (Press release). Sharks. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Match Centre: Sharks v Bulls". SANZAR. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Cell C Sharks vs Vodacom Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
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