Riaan Smit
| Full name | Adriaan Jacobus Smit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 April 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Springs, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Springs HTS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Riaan Smit". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Riaan Smit itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ "Le recrutement pour la 2014/2015" (Press release) (in French). US Oyonnax Rugby. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
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- Living people
- 1984 births
- South African rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Rugby union fly-halves
- White South African people
- Afrikaner people
- People from Springs, Gauteng
- Cheetahs (rugby union) players
- Free State Cheetahs players
- Pumas (rugby team) players
- Leopards (rugby team) players
- Falcons (rugby team) players
- Griffons (rugby team) players
- Super Rugby players
- South African expatriate rugby union players
- South African expatriates in France
- Expatriate rugby union players in France
- Oyonnax Rugby players
- South African rugby union biography stubs