Jacques du Plessis
Full name | Willem Hendrik Jacques du Plessis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 12 August 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pongola, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 119 kg (18 st 10 lb; 262 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Ermelo High School, Ermelo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Willem Hendrik Jacques 'Sheep' du Plessis (born 12 August 1993 in Pongola) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with French Top 14 side Template:Rut Montpellier.[1] His regular position is flanker or lock.
Career
Youth
After representing the Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup) in the 2006 Under-13 Craven Week competition, he moved to Ermelo and subsequently represented the Template:Rut Pumas at the 2009 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and 2011 Under-18 Craven Week tournaments. His performance in the latter tournament led to his selection in the 2011 South African Schools squad.[2]
In 2012, he joined the Template:Rut Blue Bulls and made twelve appearances for them in the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship competition.[3]
Blue Bulls
He made his senior debut for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls in 2013, starting in the 110–0 thrashing of the Template:Rut Limpopo Blue Bulls.[4] He also started the game the following week in an equally impressive 89–10 victory against the Template:Rut Griffons,[5] a match that saw him score his first try, dotting down shortly after half-time.
In July 2013, the Blue Bulls announced that he signed a contract extension until 31 October 2015.[6]
Bulls
In July 2013, he was named on the bench for the Template:Rut Bulls' Super Rugby match against the Template:Rut Stormers[7] and came on as a substitute to make his Bulls debut.[8]
He was included in the Template:Rut Bulls squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season[9] and made his Super Rugby start in a 31–16 defeat to the Template:Rut Sharks in Durban.[10][11]
Montpellier
Shortly before the 2015 Super Rugby season, the Template:Rut Bulls announced that Du Plessis would leave after the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division to take up a two-year contract with French Top 14 side Template:Rut Montpellier.[12]
Representative rugby
He was included the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.[13]
In May 2014, Du Plessis was one of eight uncapped players that were called up to a Springbok training camp prior to the 2014 mid-year rugby union tests.[14]
Varsity Cup
He also played some Varsity Cup rugby, representing the Template:Rut UP Tuks in the 2013 Varsity Cup competition.[15]
Honours
- 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup : winner.[16]
References
- ^ "Jacques du Plessis Profile". Itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ "Scoresway Player Profile Jacques du Plessis". Scoresway. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Jacques du Plessis". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls 0–110 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 89–10 Down Touch Griffons". South African Rugby Union. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ "Bulle hou vas aan dié jong Turke". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Beeld. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ Nel, Brenden (10 July 2013). "Hougi setback as Bulls name team". SuperSport. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Stormers 30–13 Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ "Vodacom Bulls team". Bulls. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Match Centre: Sharks v Bulls". SANZAR. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Cell C Sharks 31–16 Vodacom Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ "Van der Merwe, Du Plessis off to France" (Press release). Bulls. 6 February 2015. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "Steenkamp leads powerful SA U20 JWC squad". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "Springbok training squad for Durban camp named". South African Rugby Union. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Squad – Tuks : 2013 FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ "European Challenge Cup final: Harlequins 19-26 Montpellier". BBC Sport. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from uPhongolo Local Municipality
- Afrikaner people
- South African rugby union players
- South African expatriates in France
- Expatriate rugby union players in France
- Blue Bulls players
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- Rugby union flankers
- South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players
- South African male discus throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for South Africa
- South African athletics biography stubs