Stephan de Wit

Allen Stephan de Wit (born 1 January 1992 in Vereeniging) is a South African rugby union player for the Eastern Province Elephants in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge.[1] His regular position is flanker.

Stephan de Wit
Full nameAllen Stephan de Wit
Date of birth (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992
Place of birthVereeniging, South Africa
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb; 229 lb)
SchoolTransvalia
UniversityUJ
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Current team Eastern Province Elephants
Youth career
2008–2010 Falcons
2011–2013 Golden Lions
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013 UJ 2 (0)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012–2016 Golden Lions XV 29 (55)
2014–2016 Lions 4 (0)
2015–2016 Golden Lions 16 (10)
2017–2018 Stormers 1 (0)
2017 Western Province 13 (15)
2018–2019 Southern Kings 9 (0)
2019–present Eastern Province Elephants 10 (15)
Correct as of 25 August 2019

Career

Youth and Varsity rugby

De Wit appeared for the Falcons at several youth tournaments, including the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2008 and the Under-18 Craven Week tournament in both 2009 and 2010.

He then moved to Johannesburg-based side the Golden Lions in 2011, where he participated in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship tournament. He also represented them at Under-21 level in 2012 and 2013.

He also made two appearances for UJ in the 2013 Varsity Cup, against the Maties in Stellenbosch[2] and a home match against NWU Pukke.[3]

Golden Lions / Lions

His senior debut came for the Golden Lions in the 2012 Vodacom Cup competition, coming on as a second-half substitute in the Golden Lions' 23–16 loss to the Leopards in Potchefstroom.[4] Six more Vodacom Cup appearances followed in the same season.

De Wit played no first class rugby in 2013, but did score eight tries in 13 appearances during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship competition,[5] including a hat-trick against the Leopards U21 side[6] and a brace against the Border U21 side.[7]

He returned to first team action in 2014, being included in the squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. After one appearance against former side the Falcons,[8] an injury to Warwick Tecklenburg led to De Wit's inclusion on the bench for their 2014 Super Rugby match against the Reds,[9] with De Wit appearing in the 62nd minute for his Super Rugby debut.[10]

De Wit was included in the Lions' squad for the 2015 Super Rugby season, but failed to make any appearances in the competition. However, he featured in all twelve of the Golden Lions' matches in the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division, scoring two tries as he helped the Lions to winning all ten of their matches during the regular season, their 44–33 win over the Free State Cheetahs in the semi-final and their 32–24 win over Western Province in the final to win the title for the eleventh time in their history.

Stormers / Western Province

At the start of 2017, De Wit moved to Cape Town, where he joined the Stormers Super Rugby team and the Western Province Currie Cup team.[11] However, less than a week after being unveiled as a player, De Wit broke his ankle during a training session, ruling him out for an extended period of time.[12] De Wit made his return, making his debut for the Stormers against the Sunwolves. He also carried on to represent the Western Province six times in the 2017 Currie Cup Premier Division. Western Province went on to win the 2017 Currie Cup Premier Division, which makes De Wit one of the few players who can claim to be a two time winner of Premier Competition, the Currie Cup.

References
  1. "SA Rugby Player Profile – Stephan de Wit". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB Maties 29-8 FNB UJ". South African Rugby Union. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  3. "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB UJ 37-20 FNB NWU-Pukke". South African Rugby Union. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  4. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 23-16 MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  5. "SA Rugby Try Scorers – 2013 Absa Under 21 Competition". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  6. "SA Rugby Match Centre – MTN Golden Lions U21 42-31 Leopards". South African Rugby Union. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  7. "SA Rugby Match Centre – MTN Golden Lions U21 76-7 Border". South African Rugby Union. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  8. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Golden Lions 23-22 Valke". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  9. "Jantjies dropped from Lions match-day squad". Sport Live. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  10. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Lions 23-20 Reds". South African Rugby Union. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  11. "Five new faces at DHL Newlands this season" (Press release). Stormers. 13 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  12. "Stormers se baljagter-aanwins breek enkel". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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