Thomas du Toit
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Joubert du Toit | ||
Born |
Cape Town, South Africa | 5 May 1995||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 130 kg (20 st 7 lb) | ||
School(s) attended | Paarl Boys' High School | ||
Club information | |||
Playing position | Prop | ||
Current club | Sharks | ||
Youth career | |||
2008 | Boland Cavaliers | ||
2011–13 | Western Province | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
2014– | Sharks (Currie Cup) | 25 | (15) |
2014– | Sharks | 11 | (5) |
Representative team(s)‡ | |||
2013 | S.A. Schools | 2 | (0) |
2014– | S.A. Under-20 | 9 | (10) |
2014 | Barbarians | 2 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 12 October 2015. |
Thomas Joubert du Toit (born 5 May 1995 in Cape Town) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Sharks.[1] His regular position is prop.
Career
Youth
Du Toit represented Boland at the Under-13 Craven Week competition in 2008 and Western Province at the 2011 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and 2013 Under-18 Craven Week competitions. He played for the Paarl Boys' High School first team in 2012 and 2013,[2] also captaining the side in 2013.[3]
In 2013, Du Toit was included in the South African Schools side that played in three matches in August of that year.[4] He made a substitute appearance in a 19–14 victory match over England in Crawford,[5] played the entire second match – a 17–13 victory against France in George[6] and was an unused substitute in their final match, a 14–13 win over Wales in Worcester.[7]
Du Toit then opted to move to Durban to join the Sharks academy for 2014.[8]
He was included in the S.A. Under-20 side for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship.[9]
In 2015, he was included in the S.A. Under-20 squad that toured Argentina.[10] He started both of their tour matches[11][12] and was then included in the final squad for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[13] He started all three of their matches in Pool B of the competition; a 33–5 win against hosts Italy,[14] a 40–8 win against Samoa which saw Du Toit score South Africa's first try of the match in the seventh minute[15] and a 46–13 win over Australia[16] 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. Du Toit 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.[17] He started their third-place play-off match against France, scoring his second try of the tournament to help South Africa to a 31–18 win to secure third place in the competition.[18]
Senior career
With no prior first class rugby behind his name, Du Toit was a surprise inclusion in the Sharks squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season.[19] Still finding himself behind the likes of Tendai Mtawarira in the pecking order, however, he dropped down to the Sharks XV squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup season.[20] He made his senior debut on 7 March 2014, against the Border Bulldogs in East London.[21] He came on as a half-time substitute and scored his first senior try just 15 minutes after coming on. His first start came three weeks later against the Free State XV in Bloemfontein.[22]
References
- ↑ "SARU Player Profile Thomas du Toit". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ "Union Sports Group Profile : Thomas du Toit". Union Sports Group. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ "Captain's profile: Thomas du Toit". Rugby365. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ "2013 South African Schools season". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs England". South African Rugby Union. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs France". South African Rugby Union. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs Wales". South African Rugby Union. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ "U19 Sharks Contracted Player for 2014". High School Sports Magazine. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ "Junior Springboks named for JWC 2014". South African Rugby Union. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ↑ "SARU names Junior Bok squad for Argentine tour". South African Rugby Union. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ↑ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 25 a 22". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ↑ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 39 a 28". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ↑ "Liebenberg to lead Junior Boks at U20 World Championship in Italy". South African Rugby Union. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: Italy U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Samoa U20". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Australia U20". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs England U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: France U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ↑ "Sharks 2014 squad" (Press release). Sharks. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ "2014 Sharks XV Vodacom Cup season". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: Border Bulldogs vs Cell C Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: Toyota Free State XV vs Cell C Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
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