Pieter-Steph du Toit

Pieter-Steph du Toit
Personal information
Full name Pieter Stephanus du Toit
Born (1992-08-20) 20 August 1992
Cape Town, South Africa
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 120 kg (260 lb; 18 st 13 lb)
School(s) attended Hoërskool Swartland, Malmesbury
Club information
Playing position Lock / Flanker
Current club Western Province / Stormers
Youth career
2010 Boland Cavaliers
2011–2012 Sharks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Pts)
2012 Sharks XV 5 (5)
2012–2015 Sharks (Currie Cup) 5 (0)
2012–2015 Sharks 27 (0)
2016–present Stormers 14 (15)
Representative team(s)
2012 South Africa Under-20 5 (5)
2013–present South Africa 20 (15)
2016 Springbok XV 1 (5)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 23 July 2016.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 26 November 2016.

Pieter Stephanus du Toit is a South African rugby union footballer. Du Toit plays as a lock or a flanker, and represents Western Province in the Currie Cup and the Stormers in Super Rugby.

Du Toit was a member of the South Africa Under 20 team that won the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.[1]

In July 2013, he signed a two-year contract extension with the Sharks.[2] However, he did sign a further contract renewal and the Sharks announced his departure in October 2015.[3]

He made his Springbok Test debut versus Wales in Cardiff on 9 November 2013 at age 21.[4]

References

  1. "Goosen, Kitshoff, Du Toit nucleus of powerful SA U20 JWC squad". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. "Pieter-Steph du Toit sticks with Sharks". Sport24. Media24. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. "Pieter-Steph du Toit departs Cell C Sharks" (Press release). Sharks. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  4. "SA Rugby Player Profile – Pieter-Steph du Toit". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

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