PROFILPELAJAR.COM

Dries Swanepoel
Full name	Andries Ebenaezer Swanepoel
Date of birth	19 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Delareyville, South Africa
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb; 214 lb)
School	Grey College, Bloemfontein
University	University of Pretoria
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Centre
Current team	Cheetahs / Free State Cheetahs
Youth career
2005–2006	Leopards
2009–2011	Free State
2012–2013	Blue Bulls
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2014–2016	UP Tuks
Senior career
Years	Team
2013–2018	Blue Bulls
2016–2018	Bulls
2016–2018	Blue Bulls XV
2018–2021	Free State Cheetahs
2019–2021	Cheetahs
2021-2023	AS Béziers
2023-	AS Bédarrides
	Correct as of 18 October 2023
International career
Years	Team
2011	South Africa Schools
2013	South Africa Under-20
	Correct as of 29 April 2014

Andries Ebenaezer Swanepoel (born 19 February 1993) is a South African rugby union player for AS Bédarrides in the French amateur Nationale 2. His regular position is centre.

Career

Youth

Swanepoel played for the Leopards at primary school level, representing them at the 2005 and 2006 Under-13 Craven Week competitions. He then went to Grey College in Bloemfontein, where he played schoolboy rugby next to future Springbok Jan Serfontein^[1] He represented the Free State Cheetahs at Under-16 level at the 2009 Grant Khomo Week and at Under-18 level at the 2011 Craven Week. This led to his inclusion in the South African Schools side in 2011, where he also acted as vice-captain.^[2]

In 2012, he moved to Pretoria to join the Blue Bulls. He made four starts for them in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition, scoring three tries. In 2013, he earned a call-up to the South Africa Under-20 side that played in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.^[3] After making substitute appearances against the United States^[4] and England,^[5] he started the final pool match against France^[6] – scoring a first-minute try to help them top their pool – and the semi-final loss to Wales.^[7]

He returned to domestic action at the end of the year, scoring five tries in fourteen appearances for the Blue Bulls U21 side in the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He scored a try in the final, but it wasn't enough to help the Blue Bulls secure the title, losing 30–23 to Western Province U21.^[8]

He played for university side UP Tuks during the 2014 Varsity Cup, scoring six tries in six starts.

Blue Bulls

Swanepoel's first class debut came in the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition. He started in their match against Griquas in Kimberley^[9] It took him just eleven minutes to score his first senior try, setting Blue Bulls on their way to a 40–32 win. He made a further five appearances in the competition, scoring a total of six tries, the joint seventh-highest in the competition.^[10]