Morné Mellett
| Full name | Morné Melvin Mellett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 October 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Boksburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Dr E.G. Jansen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Morné Melvin Mellett is a former South African rugby union player, that played with the Template:Rut Blue Bulls provincial team between 2010 and 2014 and with the Template:Rut Bulls Super Rugby team between 2013 and 2015.[1] His usual position is prop.
Career
After representing the Template:Rut Falcons at several youth tournaments, he joined the Template:Rut Blue Bulls in 2010.
He made his first team debut for the Blue Bulls in the 2010 Vodacom Cup, coming on as a substitute in their game against his former team, the Template:Rut Falcons.[2] He made several appearances in this competition over the next three seasons and finally made his Currie Cup debut in the 2012 Currie Cup Premier Division against the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs.[3]
He also played for Template:Rut UP Tuks in the 2010 and 2011 Varsity Cup competitions.
He retired in December 2015, aged just 26, on medical advice after he suffered a vertebral artery dissection earlier in the year.[4]
References
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Morné Mellett". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Valke 7–50 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 34–30 Toyota Free State Cheetahs". South African Rugby Union. 22 September 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Mellett calls it a day" (Press release). Bulls. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.