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Rudi van Rooyen
Date of birth (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birthPretoria, South Africa
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb; 14 st 0 lb)
SchoolAfrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, Pretoria
UniversityUniversity of South Africa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Lokomotiv
Youth career
2005–2013 Template:Rut Blue Bulls
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012 Template:Rut UP Tuks 4 (0)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012–2014 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 4 (0)
2014–2017 Template:Rut Griquas 32 (50)
2017–2019 Template:Rut Southern Kings 27 (10)
2017 Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings 2 (0)
2019–present Lokomotiv 0 (0)
Correct as of 4 May 2019
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010 S.A. Under-18
High Performance squad
Correct as of 15 October 2014

Rudi "Poerie" van Rooyen (born 5 January 1992 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for Lokomotiv in the Professional Rugby League in Russia.[1] His regular position is scrum-half.

Career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

Van Rooyen represented the Template:Rut Blue Bulls at the annual Craven Week tournaments both at primary school and secondary school levels, playing at the Under-13 edition in 2005 and progressing to the Under-18 competition in 2010. He scored a try in his only appearance at the senior event in a 23–20 defeat to the Template:Rut Golden Lions' Under-18s in Welkom.[2]

He was also involved at Under-19 level later in 2010, making six appearances in the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U19's 2010 Under-19 Provincial Championship campaign. He returned for the Under-19s for the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring two tries as they finished runners-up in the competition. During the same period, he also made the step up to the Under-21s, playing in three matches during the 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

In 2012, Van Rooyen was named in the Template:Rut UP Tuks side that played in the 2012 Varsity Cup tournament. He played in their final two pool matches, as well as in their 53–24 semi-final victory over Template:Rut NWU Pukke[3] and the final itself, coming on in the last few minutes to help Tuks see out the game and beat Template:Rut Maties 29–21 to clinch their first ever Varsity Cup title.[4]

Blue Bulls

He made his first class debut during March 2012, coming on as a substitute in the Template:Rut Blue Bulls' 2012 Vodacom Cup clash against Template:Rut Griquas in Pretoria.[5] He made two more appearances off the bench during the competition, in their matches against the Template:Rut Golden Lions[6] and the Template:Rut Leopards.[7]

Van Rooyen made no appearances for the remainder of 2012 or the first half of 2013, but returned to action for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U21 side during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship, which saw him score a brace of tries in two different matches (a 59–17 win against the Template:Rut Leopards U21 in Potchefstroom[8] and a 40–27 victory over the Template:Rut Free State XV in Pretoria)[9] and making a total of twelve starts.

He returned to first class action during the 2014 Vodacom Cup as he played in the final few minutes of the Template:Rut Blue Bulls' match against the Template:Rut Falcons.[10]

Griquas

After the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition, Van Rooyen moved to Kimberley to join Template:Rut Griquas on a deal until the end of 2014.[11] During July of the same year, he represented his new side twice during the 2014 Currie Cup qualification tournament, making appearances from the bench against the Template:Rut Falcons[12] and the Template:Rut SWD Eagles,[13] as Griquas won the qualification tournament to secure a place in the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division.

Despite that being his only involvement in the first team, Griquas announced at the start of October that Van Rooyen signed a contract extension to remain in Kimberley for the 2015 season.[14] A few days later, he also got his first opportunity to play in the Premier Division of the Currie Cup, coming on as a late substitute in their final match of the season against his former side, the Template:Rut Blue Bulls in a 46–12 defeat.[15]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Rudi van Rooyen". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Lions 23–20 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Tuks 53–24 Pukke". South African Rugby Union. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Tuks 29–21 Maties". South African Rugby Union. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  5. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 17–36 GWK Griquas". South African Rugby Union. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  6. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 49–10 MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  7. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 15–28 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  8. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 17–59 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  9. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 40–27 Toyota Free State". South African Rugby Union. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  10. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 54–7 Valke". South African Rugby Union. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Griekwas lok Bulle se Rudi" (in Afrikaans). Beeld. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  12. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – GWK Griquas 40–25 Valke". South African Rugby Union. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  13. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – SWD Eagles 12–57 GWK Griquas". South African Rugby Union. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  14. ^ "Tobias skrum vir Griekwas" (in Afrikaans). Beeld. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  15. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 46–12 GWK Griquas". South African Rugby Union. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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