Kevin Stevens (rugby union)

Kevin Stevens

Full name	Kevin Bruce Stevens
Date of birth	(1987-01-30) 30 January 1987
Place of birth	Virginia, South Africa
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	114 kg (17 st 13 lb)
School	Grey College, Bloemfontein
University	University of the Free State
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Current team Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs Youth career 2005–08 Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2012 Template:Rut UFS Shimlas (0) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007–09 Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs 6 (0) 2009–13 Template:Rut Griffons 72 (15) 2011 → Template:Rut Griquas 1 (0) 2014– Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs 16 (5) 2014 → Template:Rut Griffons 1 (0) 2014 Template:Rut Cheetahs 1 (0) Correct as of 20 May 2015

Kevin Bruce Stevens (born (1987-01-30)30 January 1987 in Virginia, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs. His regular position is loosehead prop.

Career

Youth

After representing the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs at the 2005 Under-18 Craven Week competition, he progressed through the different youth structures at the team, playing for the Template:Rut Free State U19 side in 2006 and for the Template:Rut Free State U21 side in 2007 and 2008.

Free State Cheetahs

Stevens first appeared for the senior side when he played in a compulsory friendly between the Template:Rut Pumas and the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs prior to the 2007 Currie Cup Premier Division. He was named in the squad for the 2008 Vodacom Cup, but failed to make an appearance. His first senior appearance in a competitive first class match came during the 2009 Vodacom Cup competition, when he started their match against the Template:Rut Border Bulldogs, one of five appearances in that competition.

Griffons

Stevens failed to break into the Currie Cup squad at the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs and decided to join their near-neighbours the Template:Rut Griffons prior to the 2009 Currie Cup First Division season. He remained in Welkom for the next four years, playing regularly in the Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup competitions, making 72 appearances for the side. He helped the Griffons reach the semi-finals of the First Division for four years in a row between 2009 and 2012, although they never won it or appeared in the promotion play-off matches.

In 2012, he also made two appearances for Varsity Cup side Template:Rut UFS Shimlas.

Griquas

In 2011, Stevens also played in one match on loan to the Template:Rut Griquas, his first match in the Premier Division of the Currie Cup. He played off the bench just after the hour mark against former side the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs and helped his side to a 23–20 victory in Kimberley.

Return to Free State Cheetahs

Despite announcing his intention to leave the Template:Rut Griffons at the end of 2013 to a career outside of rugby, he was subsequently included in the Template:Rut Free State XV side that played in the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. He started in all their matches during the season, also scoring one try against Template:Rut Western Province in Cape Town.