Tewis de Bruyn

Tewis de Bruyn

Full name	Mattheus Johannes de Bruyn
Date of birth	(1982-08-05) 5 August 1982
Place of birth	Hoopstad, South Africa
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
School	Grey College, Bloemfontein
University	Potchefstroom University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-Half / Fly-Half Youth career 2002 Template:Rut Leopards Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–2003 Template:Rut Leopards () 2004–2006 Template:Rut SWD Eagles () 2006–2007 Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers 7 (2) 2007–2013 Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs 75 (190) 2008–2013 Template:Rut Cheetahs 57 (25) 2011 → Lyon 7 (3) 2013 → Template:Rut Griffons 1 (0) Correct as of 26 July 2013

Tewis de Bruyn (born 5 August 1982) is a former South African rugby union footballer. He regularly played as a scrum-half and occasionally as a fly-half. He represented the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions and the Template:Rut Cheetahs in Super Rugby for the majority of his career. He retired at the end of the 2013 season following a back injury to take up a coaching role at his alma mater, Grey College, Bloemfontein.

Career

De Bruyn started out his career playing for the Potchefstroom–based Template:Rut Leopards and spent 2 seasons there before transferring to the SWD Eagles in 2004. He was on the move again in 2006, this time joining the Boland Cavaliers before finally making his home in Bloemfontein in late 2007. He played more than 130 games in all competitions for the Cheetahs.

De Bruyn had brief loan spells at French side Lyon in 2011 and the Template:Rut Griffons in 2013.