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Caylib Oosthuizen
Full nameCaylib Rees Oosthuizen
Date of birth (1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 35)
Place of birthCape Town, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight116 kg (18 st 4 lb; 256 lb)
SchoolOudtshoorn High
UniversityUniversity of Johannesburg
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loosehead Prop
Current team Asia Pacific Dragons
Youth career
2007 SWD Eagles
2008–2010 Golden Lions
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011 UJ 8 (0)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011 Golden Lions XV 2 (0)
2012 Golden Lions 2 (0)
2012 Lions 6 (5)
2013–2015 Free State XV 5 (0)
2013–2015 Free State Cheetahs 13 (0)
2013–2015 Cheetahs 19 (0)
2016 Eastern Province Kings 1 (0)
2017 Stormers 3 (0)
2017–2018 Western Province 23 (10)
Correct as of 3 November 2018
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007 SA Schools Academy
2009 South Africa U20 5 (0)
Correct as of 23 July 2013

Caylib Rees Oosthuizen (born 1 September 1989) is a South African professional rugby union player who plays as a loosehead prop for Tel Aviv Heat in Rugby Europe Super Cup. He previously played for Western Province in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge.

Career

Oosthuizen began his senior career in Johannesburg with the Lions, starting in his first 6 Super Rugby games. He was subsequently invited to one of the Springboks preliminary training camps. He joined the Free State Cheetahs in 2013 and represented them in the Super Rugby Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup competitions.[1][2]

In 2013, he was included in the Cheetahs squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.[3] Again included in 2014,[4] by starting in a 21–20 defeat to the Lions in Bloemfontein. He started in 13 of the 16 super rugby games that year.[5][6]

Oosthuizen previously represented the University of Johannesburg in the 2011 Varsity Cup where he started all 8 of his sides' matches.[7]

International

Oosthuizen represented South Africa under 20 in the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship in Japan.[8]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Caylib Oosthuizen". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Cheetahs sign Lions prop". Sport 24. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  3. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Sharks 6–12 Cheetahs". South African Rugby Union. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Toyota Cheetahs kondig groep aan vir 2014 Vodacom SupeRugby seisoen" (Press release) (in Afrikaans). Cheetahs. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Match Centre: Cheetahs v Lions". SANZAR. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  6. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Toyota Cheetahs 20–21 Lions". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  7. ^ "UJ steals the show in Varsity Cup opening match". UJ. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Caylib Oosthuizen IRB JWC 2009 Player Profile". IRB. Retrieved 23 July 2013.