Riaan Smit

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Riaan Smit
Full nameAdriaan Jacobus Smit
Date of birth (1984-04-28) 28 April 1984 (age 40)
Place of birthSprings, South Africa
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
SchoolSprings HTS
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-Half / Full-Back
Current team Oyonnax
Youth career
2004–2005 Template:Rut Leopards
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2006 Template:Rut Leopards 3 (5)
2007 Template:Rut Pumas 15 (89)
2008 Template:Rut Falcons 11 (42)
2009 Template:Rut Leopards 4 (37)
2010–2014 Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs 46 (256)
2010Template:Rut Griffons 2 (14)
2010–2014 Template:Rut Cheetahs 25 (106)
2014–present Template:Rut Oyonnax 2 (0)
Correct as of 11 October 2014

Adriaan Jacobus "True Blue" Smit (born 28 April 1984) is a South African rugby union footballer. He can operate in several positions in the back-line but usually plays as a fly-half or fullback.

Career

Smit currently represents Oyonnax in the French Top 14.

He represented the Template:Rut Cheetahs in Super Rugby and the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs in both the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup between 2010 and 2014. He moved to Bloemfontein in 2010 after having something of a nomadic existence prior to that, representing the Template:Rut Leopards, Template:Rut Pumas and Template:Rut Falcons.[1][2]

He signed a contract with French Top 14 side Oyonnax prior to the 2014–2015 season.[3]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Riaan Smit". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Riaan Smit itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Le recrutement pour la 2014/2015" (Press release) (in French). US Oyonnax Rugby. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.