Francois Uys
| Date of birth | 12 October 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Springs, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb; 247 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Dr E.G. Jansen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Johannesburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francois Uys (born 12 March 1986) is a South African rugby union footballer who normally plays as a lock or flanker. He plays in the French Pro D2 competition with Template:Rut Grenoble.
Career
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Uys started his career in Johannesburg with the Template:Rut Golden Lions but, he found first-team opportunities hard to come by and in 2009 he switched to the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs. Initially he played mainly in the Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup competitions and even had a spell on loan at the Template:Rut Griffons in 2012. He made sporadic appearances for the senior Template:Rut Cheetahs team in Super Rugby after his debut in 2009 before finally nailing down a regular starting berth during the 2013 Super Rugby season.[1][2]
In 2014, he extended his contract at the Template:Rut Cheetahs until October 2016.[3]
Toyota Verblitz
Uys joined Japanese Top League side Toyota Verblitz on a short-term deal during the 2015–16 Top League season.[4]
International
Uys was a member of the South Africa Under 19 side that competed in the 2005 IRB Under 19 World Championship.[1]
References
- ^ a b "SA Rugby Player Profile – Francois Uys". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Francois Uys itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". SA Rugby. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ "Wegner terug; Ferreira oorsee" (in Afrikaans). Volksblad. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Uys heads to Japan". Bloemfontein Courant. 26 November 2015. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
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- Living people
- 1986 births
- South African rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby union flankers
- People from Springs, Gauteng
- White South African people
- Afrikaner people
- Cheetahs (rugby union) players
- Free State Cheetahs players
- Golden Lions players
- Griffons (rugby team) players
- University of Johannesburg alumni
- Toyota Verblitz players
- South African expatriate rugby union players
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Sportspeople from Gauteng
- South African rugby union biography stubs