Stefan Watermeyer
Date of birth | 3 June 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Nelspruit, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Hoërskool Waterkloof | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stefan Watermeyer (born rugby union player that regularly played as a centre. During his first class career between 2007 and 2016, he played Super Rugby for the Template:Rut Bulls, Template:Rut Lions and Template:Rut Kings, domestic South African rugby with the Template:Rut Blue Bulls, Template:Rut Griquas and Template:Rut Pumas and had a short spell with Welsh side Ospreys. He also represented South Africa at schoolboy, Under-19 and Under-20 level and also played for a South Africa President's XV at the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup.
3 June 1988) is a former South AfricanHe announced his retirement from rugby at the conclusion of the 2016 Super Rugby season with the Southern Kings.[1]
Career
He has previously played for the Template:Rut Bulls, the Ospreys and Template:Rut Griquas.[2]
On his Ospreys debut, he scored a try and was named Man of the Match. However, the implementation of a wage cap in Wales meant that he was released by the Ospreys in July 2012.[3]
He joined the Template:Rut Pumas for the 2013 season.[4]
He was included in the Template:Rut Lions squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season[5] and made his debut in a 21–20 victory over the Template:Rut Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.[6][7]
He was a member of the Pumas side that won the Vodacom Cup for the first time in 2015, beating Template:Rut Western Province 24–7 in the final.[8] Watermeyer made nine appearances during the season, scoring one try.
He joined the Template:Rut Kings prior to the 2016 Super Rugby season.[9]
Representative rugby
In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup[10] and won the tournament after winning all three matches.[11]
References
- ^ "Kings trek in alle rigtings ná Kaapse derby". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 15 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Griquas lure two former Bulls". Sport24. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Gareth Owen among 10 released by Ospreys". South Wales Evening Post. This is South Wales. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Watermeyer word 'n Puma" (in Afrikaans). SupaRugby. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ "2014 Lions Super Rugby squad" (Press release). Lions. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "Match Centre: Cheetahs v Lions". SANZAR. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Toyota Cheetahs 20–21 Lions". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "Steval Pumas first-time Vodacom Cup champions – Final Review". South African Rugby Union. 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Stefan Watermeyer verruil Pumas vir Kings, Leeus gaps JW Bell". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 7 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "SA President's XV selected for IRB Tblisi Cup". South African Rugby Union. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
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timestamp mismatch; 7 June 2016 suggested (help) - ^ "SA President's XV win Tbilisi Cup". IRB. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
External links
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Stefan Watermeyer". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- itsrugby.co.uk profile
- Living people
- 1988 births
- South African rugby union players
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- Blue Bulls players
- Rugby union centres
- White South African people
- Afrikaner people
- People from Nelspruit
- Griquas rugby union players
- Pumas (rugby team) players
- Ospreys (rugby team) players
- Lions (Super Rugby) players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Wales
- South African expatriates in Wales
- Super Rugby players
- South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players
- Southern Kings players
- South African rugby union biography stubs