William Small-Smith

William Small-Smith

Full name	William Thomas Small-Smith
Date of birth	(1992-03-31) 31 March 1992
Place of birth	Johannesburg
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb)
School	Grey College, Bloemfontein
University	University of Pretoria
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Current team Template:Rut Cheetahs / Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs Youth career 2005 Template:Rut Golden Lions 2008–2010 Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs 2011–2013 Template:Rut Blue Bulls Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2013 Template:Rut UP Tuks (0) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2011–2015 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 24 (55) 2014–2015 Template:Rut Bulls 7 (5) 2016–present Template:Rut Cheetahs 7 (5) 2016–present Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs 7 (10) Correct as of 25 October 2016 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006 Elite Squad 2009 S.A. Academy 2009–2010 S.A. Under-18 High Performance 2011–2012 South Africa Sevens 2012 South Africa Under-20 3 (10) Correct as of 10 April 2013

William Thomas Small-Smith (born 31 March 1992) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Template:Rut Cheetahs Super Rugby team and the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs Currie Cup team. His regular position is centre.

Career

Youth level

He represented the Template:Rut Golden Lions at the 2005 Under-13 Craven Week. He then attended Grey College in Bloemfontein, where he represented Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs at Under-16 and Under-18 levels between 2008 and 2010, during which time he was included in an Elite Squad, an S.A. Academy squad and a South Africa Schools High Performance squad.

Blue Bulls

He joined the Template:Rut Blue Bulls in 2011 and made his first class debut in the 2011 Vodacom Cup match against the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs. He also made a further fourteen appearances for the Under-19 team that season.

Sevens and Junior World Championships

At the end of 2011, however, he linked up with the South Africa Sevens squad for three legs of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. He returned to represent the victorious South Africa Under-20 team in the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.

Varsity Cup

Small-Smith also represented Template:Rut UP Tuks in the 2013, but picked up an injury prior to the final against Template:Rut Maties.

Cheetahs

He returned to Bloemfontein to join the Template:Rut Cheetahs for the 2016 Super Rugby season.