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Arno van Wyk
Date of birth (1994-05-19) 19 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birthParow, South Africa
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight106 kg (16 st 10 lb; 234 lb)
SchoolHoër Landbouskool Boland (in Afrikaans)
UniversityUniversity of Pretoria
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Current team Template:Rut Montpellier
Youth career
2013–2015 Template:Rut Blue Bulls
2016–2017 Template:Rut Montpellier
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014 Template:Rut UP Tuks 3 (5)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2015 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 11 (20)
2016–present Template:Rut Montpellier 6 (0)
Correct as of 7 January 2017
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014 South Africa Under-20 0 (0)

Arno van Wyk (born 19 May 1994) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with French side Template:Rut Montpellier in the Top 14 competition. He usually plays as a hooker.[1][2]

Rugby career

Blue Bulls

Van Wyk was born in Parow, but was never selected to represent Template:Rut Western Province at school level. He moved to Pretoria after school to join the Template:Rut Blue Bulls academy prior to the 2013 season and made thirteen appearances for a Template:Rut Blue Bulls U19 side that won the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring tries in matches against the Leopards[3] and Border.[4]

He made three appearances for Template:Rut UP Tuks in the 2014 Varsity Cup, scoring a try in his side's 26–16 victory over Template:Rut UCT Ikey Tigers.[5] He made his first class debut on 25 April 2014, coming on as a replacement for the final half an hour of their match against the Template:Rut Limpopo Blue Bulls and scoring a try in his side's 116–0 victory.[6] He made one more appearance as a replacement in the competition and was then called up to the South Africa Under-20 team. He was not initially named in the team,[7] but replaced Malcolm Marx in the squad after he picked up an injury after their first match of the competition.[8] Despite his call-up, Van Wyk failed to make an appearance in the competition. He returned to domestic action to make seven appearances for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U21s in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship, including in the final which was won by the Blue Bulls after beating Western Province 20–10 in Cape Town.[9]

Van Wyk made nine appearances for the Blue Bulls in the 2015 Vodacom Cup, starting eight of those. He scored tries in matches against the Template:Rut Falcons,[10] Template:Rut Leopards XV[11] and Template:Rut Griffons[12] on the Blue Bulls' journey to the semi-final, where they lost 6–10 to Template:Rut Western Province.[13] A further nine appearances followed in the Under-21 team's Provincial Championship campaign, where he scored one try in their match against the Leopards.[14]

Montpellier

At the start of 2016, Van Wyk moved to France to join Top 14 side Template:Rut Montpellier. He joined as a medical joker for the injured Charles Geli, also signing a youth contract with the team. He made his debut for the senior team in their Round 23 match against Template:Rut La Rochelle, replacing Mickaël Ivaldi for the second half of the match,[15] and was named in the senior squad for the 2016–17 season.[16]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Arno van Wyk". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Van Wyk | MHR". Montpellier Hérault Rugby (in French). Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 14–61 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border 7–56 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  5. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB UCT 1ST XV 16–26 FNB UP - TUKS". South African Rugby Union. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  6. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 116–0 Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Junior Springboks named for JWC 2014". South African Rugby Union. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Van Wyk joins Junior Boks squad". IOL Sport. 7 June 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  9. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Western Province U21 10–20 Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  10. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Hino Valke 13–37 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  11. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 46–25 Leopards XV". South African Rugby Union. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  12. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 40–21 Down Touch Griffons". South African Rugby Union. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  13. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 10–6 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  14. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards U21 33–55 Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  15. ^ "Top14 - La Rochelle - 07/05/2016". Montpellier Hérault Rugby (in French). 7 May 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  16. ^ "Effectif | MHR". Montpellier Hérault Rugby (in French). Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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