Stephan de Wit

Stephan de Wit

Personal information
Full name	Allen Stephan de Wit
Born	1 January 1992 Vereeniging, South Africa
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
School(s) attended	Transvalia
University	UJ
Club information
Playing position	Flanker
Current club	Golden Lions / Lions
Youth career
2008–10	Falcons
2011–13	Golden Lions
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2013	UJ	2	(0)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2012–	Golden Lions	31	(60)
2014–	Lions	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 2 November 2015. † Appearances (Points).

Allen Stephan de Wit (born 1 January 1992 in Vereeniging) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Golden Lions in domestic South African rugby and with the Lions in the Super Rugby.^[1] His regular position is flanker.

Career

Youth and Varsity rugby

De Wit appeared for the Falcons at several youth tournaments, including the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2008 and the Under-18 Craven Week tournament in both 2009 and 2010.

He then moved to Johannesburg-based side the Golden Lions in 2011, where he participated in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship tournament. He also represented them at Under-21 level in 2012 and 2013.

He also made two appearance for UJ in the 2013 Varsity Cup, against the Maties in Stellenbosch^[2] and a home match against NWU Pukke.^[3]

Senior career

Golden Lions / Lions

His senior debut came for the Golden Lions in the 2012 Vodacom Cup competition, coming on as a second-half substitute in the Golden Lions' 23–16 loss to the Leopards in Potchefstroom.^[4] Six more Vodacom Cup appearances followed in the same season.

De Wit played no first class rugby in 2013, but did score eight tries in 13 appearances during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship competition,^[5] including a hat-trick against the Leopards U21 side^[6] and a brace against the Border U21 side.^[7]

He returned to first team action in 2014, being included in the squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. After one appearance against former side the Falcons,^[8] an injury to Warwick Tecklenburg led to De Wit's inclusion on the bench for their 2014 Super Rugby match against the Reds,^[9] with De Wit appearing in the 62nd minute for his Super Rugby debut.^[10]

De Wit was included in the Lions' squad for the 2015 Super Rugby season, but failed to make any appearances in the competition. However, he featured in all twelve of the Golden Lions' matches in the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division, scoring two tries as he helped the Lions to winning all ten of their matches during the regular season, their 44–33 win over the Free State Cheetahs in the semi-final and their 32–24 win over Western Province in the final to win the title for the eleventh time in their history.

References

1. "SARU Player Profile Stephan de Wit". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
2. "Match Breakdown: FNB Maties vs FNB UJ". South African Rugby Union. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
3. "Match Breakdown: FNB UJ vs FNB NWU-Pukke". South African Rugby Union. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
4. "Match Breakdown: Leopards vs MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
5. "SA Rugby Try Scorers – 2013 Absa Under 21 Competition". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
6. "Match Breakdown: MTN Golden Lions U21 vs Leopards". South African Rugby Union. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
7. "Match Breakdown: MTN Golden Lions U21 vs Border". South African Rugby Union. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
8. "Match Breakdown: Golden Lions vs Valke". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
9. "Jantjies dropped from Lions match-day squad". Sport Live. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
10. "Match Breakdown: Lions vs Reds". South African Rugby Union. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.