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Thomas du Toit
Full nameThomas Joubert du Toit
Date of birth (1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 29)
Place of birthCape Town, South Africa
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight136 kg (21 st 6 lb; 300 lb)
SchoolPaarl Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Template:Rut Sharks / Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup)
Youth career
2008 Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers
2011–2013 Template:Rut Western Province
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2016 Template:Rut Sharks XV 10 (10)
2014–present Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup) 47 (20)
2014–present Template:Rut Sharks 76 (35)
2016–2017 → Munster 6 (0)
Correct as of 28 April 2021
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013 South Africa Schools 2 (0)
2014–2015 South Africa Under-20 9 (10)
2014–2015 Barbarians 4 (5)
2016–2017 South Africa 'A' 4 (0)
2018–present South Africa 12 (0)
Correct as of 21 October 2019

Thomas Joubert du Toit (born 5 May 1995 in Cape Town) is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team and the Template:Rut Sharks in Super Rugby.[1] His regular position is prop.

Career

Youth

Du Toit represented Boland at the Under-13 Craven Week competition in 2008 and Template:Rut 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 Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup) academy for 2014.[8]

He was included in the South Africa Under-20 side for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship.[9][more detail needed]

In 2015, he was included in the South Africa 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 club career

With no prior first class rugby behind his name, Du Toit was a surprise inclusion in the Template:Rut 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 Template:Rut Sharks XV squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup season.[20] He made his senior debut on 7 March 2014, against the Template:Rut 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 Template:Rut Free State XV in Bloemfontein.[22]

On 4 October 2016, it was announced that Du Toit would be joining Irish Pro14 side Munster on a three-month contract, following the completion of his Currie Cup commitments.[23] On 26 November 2016, Du Toit made his competitive debut for Munster when he came on as a replacement in the sides 46–3 win against Benetton in a 2016–17 Pro12 fixture at Thomond Park.[24]

South Africa 'A'

In 2016, Du Toit was included in a South Africa 'A' squad that played a two-match series against a touring England Saxons team.[25] He was named in the starting line-up for their first match in Bloemfontein,[26] but ended on the losing side as the visitors ran out 32–24 winners.[27] He also started the second match of the series, a 26–29 defeat to the Saxons in George.[28]

Senior South Africa

Du Toit was not initially named in South Africa's squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[29] However he was called up to replace the injured Trevor Nyakane in the pool stage.[30] South Africa went on to win the tournament, defeating England in the final.[31]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Thomas du Toit". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Union Sports Group Profile : Thomas du Toit". Union Sports Group. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Captain's profile: Thomas du Toit". Rugby365. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Squad – South Africa : 2013 SA Schools 2013". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  5. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 19–14 England". South African Rugby Union. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  6. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 17–13 France". South African Rugby Union. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  7. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 14–13 Wales". South African Rugby Union. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  8. ^ "U19 Sharks Contracted Player for 2014". High School Sports Magazine. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Junior Springboks named for JWC 2014". South African Rugby Union. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  10. ^ "SARU names Junior Bok squad for Argentine tour". South African Rugby Union. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 25 a 22". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 39 a 28". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 16 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  13. ^ "Liebenberg to lead Junior Boks at U20 World Championship in Italy". South African Rugby Union. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  14. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Italy U20 5–33 South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  15. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 40–8 Samoa U20". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  16. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 46–13 Australia U20". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  17. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 20–28 England U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  18. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – France U20 18–31 South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  19. ^ "Sharks 2014 squad" (Press release). Sharks. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  20. ^ "SA Rugby Squad – Cell C Sharks XV : 2014 Vodacom Cup". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  21. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border Bulldogs 24–46 Cell C Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  22. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Toyota Free State XV 22–23 Cell C Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  23. ^ "Latest Player Signings" (Press release). Munster Rugby. 4 October 2016. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  24. ^ "Munster Topple Treviso In Claiming Top Spot". munsterrugby.ie. 26 November 2016. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  25. ^ "Ackermann to coach SA 'A' against Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 28 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  26. ^ "Youth and experience for SA 'A' opener against Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  27. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa "A" 24–32 England Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  28. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa "A" 26–29 England Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  29. ^ "South Africa World Cup squad: Siya Kolisi wins fitness battle, Eben Etzebeth backed, Aphiwe Dyantyi dropped". Independent. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  30. ^ "Springboks call in replacement as injury rules Trevor Nyakane out of World Cup". rugbypass.com. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  31. ^ "England 12-32 South Africa: Springboks win World Cup for record-equalling third time". BBC. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.

Template:2014 Sharks XV Vodacom Cup squad


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