Mornay Smith

Mornay Smith
Full name	Mornay Jan Jakobus Smith
Date of birth	30 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Pretoria, South Africa
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	109 kg (240 lb; 17 st 2 lb)
School	Hoërskool Eldoraigne
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Prop
Current team	Template:Rut Blue Bulls / Template:Rut Blue Bulls XV
Youth career
2014–2019	Template:Rut Blue Bulls
Senior career
Years	Team
2018–present	Template:Rut Blue Bulls XV
2018	Template:Rut Bulls
	Correct as of 11 July 2019
International career
Years	Team
2016	South Africa Schools 'A'
	Correct as of 2 July 2018

Mornay Jan Jakobus Smith (born (1998-01-30)30 January 1998) is a South African rugby union player for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls XV in the Rugby Challenge.^[1] His regular position is prop.

Rugby career

Smith was born in Pretoria. He went to Hoërskool Eldoraigne, where he played rugby for the first team.^[2] He was included in the Template:Rut Blue Bulls' Craven Week team in 2016, and also earned a selection to the South Africa Schools 'A' squad, playing in matches against Italy,^[3] England^[4] and Wales^[5] in the 2016 Under-19 International Series.

He was included in the Template:Rut Blue Bulls XV squad for the 2018 Rugby Challenge^[6] and made his first class debut in their 27–20 victory over trans-Jukskei rivals the Template:Rut Golden Lions XV.^[7] After just four appearances – which included his first start against the Template:Rut Welwitschias^[8] – Smith was named in the matchday squad of the Template:Rut Bulls Super Rugby team for their match in Round 17 of the 2018 Super Rugby season against the Template:Rut Sunwolves in Singapore^[9] and he duly made his Super Rugby debut, coming on as a 67th minute replacement in a 37–42 defeat.^[10]

^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Mornay Smith". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "Captain's Profile: Mornay Smith". Rugby365. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – SA Schools A 20–23 Italy U19". South African Rugby Union. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – SA Schools A 53–14 England U18". South African Rugby Union. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – SA Schools A 17–18 Wales U18". South African Rugby Union. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ "Squad: Vodacom Blue Bulls XV". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
^ "SuperSport Rugby Challenge - Match 29, Pool Stage". South African Rugby Union. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
^ "SuperSport Rugby Challenge - Match 42, Pool Stage". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
^ "Pollard to lead Vodacom Bulls against Sunwolves in Singapore" (Press release). Bulls. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "Sunwolves 42-37 Bulls". SANZAAR. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.