Frans van Wyk

Not to be confused with Francois van Wyk, a rugby union prop born 1991.

Frans van Wyk
Full nameFrans Roelf Petrus van Wyk
Date of birth (1995-04-25) 25 April 1995 (age 29)
Place of birthDelareyville, South Africa
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight128 kg (20 st 2 lb; 282 lb)
SchoolHoërskool Monument, Krugersdorp
UniversityUniversity of South Africa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Lions / Golden Lions / Golden Lions XV
Youth career
2008 Griffons
2011–2013 Golden Lions
2014–2016 Western Province
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–2017 Western Province 20 (5)
2017 Stormers 2 (0)
2018 Bulls 10 (0)
2018 Blue Bulls 1 (0)
2019–present Lions 8 (0)
2019–present Golden Lions XV 3 (0)
2019–present Golden Lions 1 (0)
Correct as of 17 March 2020
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015 South Africa Under-20 5 (5)
Correct as of 13 April 2018

Frans Roelf Petrus van Wyk (born 25 April 1995 in Delareyville, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for the Lions in Super Rugby, the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup and the Golden Lions XV in the Rugby Challenge.[1] He regularly plays as a prop.

Career

He went to primary school in Kroonstad, where he earned a provincial call-up to represent the Griffons at the Under-13 Craven Week competition in 2008.

He moved to Gauteng and went to Monument High School in Krugersdorp, which meant he would represent the Golden Lions provincially. He appeared for them at the 2011 Under-16 Grant Khomo week, as well as at the premier South African high school rugby competition, the Under-18 Craven Week, in both 2012 and 2013.

After high school, he made the move to Cape Town to join the Western Province Rugby Institute. He was included in the Western Province U19 side that participated in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship and started the season in fine form, scoring two tries in their opening match of the season against Free State U19 in a 50–26 victory.[2] He made a total of nine appearances in both the loosehead and tighthead prop position as they went all the way in the competition, beating the Blue Bulls U19 33–26 in the final in Cape Town to be crowned the 2014 champions.[3]

He made his first class debut on 21 March 2015, coming on as a substitute for Western Province in their 2015 Vodacom Cup match against the Boland Cavaliers in Caledon.[4] He also played off the bench in their next match against a Sharks XV in Crawford.[5]

He was named in a 37-man training squad for the South Africa national under-20 rugby union team[6] and featured for them in a friendly match against a Varsity Cup Dream Team in April 2015.[7] He was also included in the squad that embarked on a two-match tour of Argentina.[8] He came on as a replacement in their 25–22 victory over Argentina,[9] but did not feature in their 39–28 victory a few days later.[10]

Upon the team's return, he was named in the final squad for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[11] He played off the bench in all three of their matches in Pool B of the competition; a 33–5 win against hosts Italy which saw Van Wyk score South Africa's final try of the match in the 78th minute,[12] a 40–8 win against Samoa[13] and a 46–13 win over Australia[14] to help South Africa finish top of Pool B to qualify for the semi-finals with the best record pool stage of all the teams in the competition. Van Wyk also came on as a replacement in their semi-final match against England, but could not prevent them losing 20–28 to be eliminated from the competition by England for the second year in succession,[15] as well as in their third-place play-off match against France, where he helped South Africa to a 31–18 win to secure third place in the competition.[16]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Frans van Wyk". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – WP U19 50–26 Free State U19". South African Rugby Union. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  3. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Western Province U19 33–26 Blue Bulls U19". South African Rugby Union. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Boland Cavaliers 10–25 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  5. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 32–12 Cell C Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Junior Bok training squad confirmed". South African Rugby Union. 4 April 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  7. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Varsity Cup XV 24–31 South Africa U/20". South African Rugby Union. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  8. ^ "SARU names Junior Bok squad for Argentine tour". South African Rugby Union. 29 April 2015. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 25 a 22". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 39 a 28". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 16 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  11. ^ "Liebenberg to lead Junior Boks at U20 World Championship in Italy". South African Rugby Union. 20 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  12. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Italy U20 5–33 South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  13. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 40–8 Samoa U20". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  14. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 46–13 Australia U20". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  15. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 20–28 England U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  16. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – France U20 18–31 South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.