Frans van Wyk
| Full name | Frans Roelf Petrus van Wyk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 April 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Delareyville, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 128 kg (20 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Monument High School, Krugersdorp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frans Roelf Petrus van Wyk (born 25 April 1995 in Delareyville, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with Template:Rut Western Province.[1] He regularly plays as a prop.
Career
He went to primary school in Kroonstad, where he earned a provincial call-up to represent the Template:Rut Griffons at the Under-13 Craven Week competition in 2008.
He moved to Gauteng and went to Monument High School in Krugersdorp, which meant he would represent the Template:Rut Golden Lions provincially. He appeared for them at the 2011 Under-16 Grant Khomo week, as well as at the premier South African high school rugby competition, the Under-18 Craven Week, in both 2012 and 2013.
After high school, he made the move to Cape Town to join the Western Province Rugby Institute. He was included in the Template:Rut Western Province U19 side that participated in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship and started the season in fine form, scoring two tries in their opening match of the season against Template:Rut Free State U19 in a 50–26 victory.[2] He made a total of nine appearances in both the loosehead and tighthead prop position as they went all the way in the competition, beating the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U19 33–26 in the final in Cape Town to be crowned the 2014 champions.[3]
He made his first class debut on 21 March 2015, coming on as a substitute for Template:Rut Western Province in their 2015 Vodacom Cup match against the Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers in Caledon.[4] He also played off the bench in their next match against a Template:Rut Sharks XV in Crawford.[5]
He was named in a 37-man training squad for the South Africa national under-20 rugby union team[6] and featured for them in a friendly match against a Varsity Cup Dream Team in April 2015.[7] He was also included in the squad that embarked on a two-match tour of Argentina.[8] He came on as a replacement in their 25–22 victory over Argentina,[9] but did not feature in their 39–28 victory a few days later.[10]
Upon the team's return, he was named in the final squad for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[11] He played off the bench in all three of their matches in Pool B of the competition; a 33–5 win against hosts Italy which saw Van Wyk score South Africa's final try of the match in the 78th minute,[12] a 40–8 win against Samoa[13] and a 46–13 win over Australia[14] to help South Africa finish top of Pool B to qualify for the semi-finals with the best record pool stage of all the teams in the competition. Van Wyk also came on as a replacement in their semi-final match against England, but could not prevent them losing 20–28 to be eliminated from the competition by England for the second year in succession,[15] as well as in their third-place play-off match against France, where he helped South Africa to a 31–18 win to secure third place in the competition.[16]
References
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Frans van Wyk". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – WP U19 50–26 Free State U19". South African Rugby Union. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Western Province U19 33–26 Blue Bulls U19". South African Rugby Union. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Boland Cavaliers 10–25 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 32–12 Cell C Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Junior Bok training squad confirmed". South African Rugby Union. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Varsity Cup XV 24–31 South Africa U/20". South African Rugby Union. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "SARU names Junior Bok squad for Argentine tour". South African Rugby Union. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 25 a 22". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 39 a 28". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Liebenberg to lead Junior Boks at U20 World Championship in Italy". South African Rugby Union. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Italy U20 5–33 South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 40–8 Samoa U20". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 46–13 Australia U20". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 20–28 England U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – France U20 18–31 South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.