Jan Uys

Jan Uys
Full nameJan-Frederik Uys
Date of birth (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birthPotchefstroom, South Africa
Height1.99 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight120 kg (260 lb; 18 st 13 lb)
SchoolPaul Roos Gymnasium, Stellenbosch
UniversityUniversity of South Africa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team Zebre Parma
Youth career
2010–2014 Western Province
2015 Eastern Province Kings
2016 Pau
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014 UCT Ikey Tigers 5 (0)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014 Western Province 8 (0)
2016–2020 Brive 64 (5)
2020–2021 Bulls 1 (0)
2020–2021 Blue Bulls 4 (0)
2021–2022 Grenoble 6 (0)
2022–2023 Zebre Parma 13 (0)
Correct as of 24 Dec 2022
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010 S.A. Under-16 High Performance squad
Correct as of 6 Nov 2014

Jan-Frederik Uys (born 3 January 1994 in Potchefstroom, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with an Italian team, Zebre Parma. His regular position is lock.

Career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

He attended and played high school rugby for Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch. This led to his selection in the Western Province side that played at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in Upington in 2010. This, in turn, earned him an inclusion in a South African Under-16 High Performance squad that attended a training camp in Cape Town.[1] In 2011, Uys represented the Western Province Under-18 side that played at the Academy Week tournament.

He joined the Western Province Rugby Institute after high school and captained the Western Province U19 team that played in the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship.[2]

In 2014, he played in the first five matches of the UCT Ikey Tigers' 2014 Varsity Cup, a competition that UCT went on to win, beating the NWU Pukke in the final.[3] After a stint playing Vodacom Cup rugby (see below, Uys played a big part in the Western Province U21 side's 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship campaign. He made eight appearances during the season to help them finish top of the log and subsequently reach the final of the tournament. He played in the final, but could not prevent his side losing the final 20–10 to the Blue Bulls U21s on home soil.[4][5]

Western Province

Uys made his first class debut during the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. He started Western Province's opening match of the season, a 16–8 victory over near-neighbours Boland Cavaliers.[6] He made five consecutive starts for Western Province at the start of the competition and played off the bench in the final two matches of the group stages of the competition. He also came on as a substitute in their quarter-final match against the Pumas, which ended in a 13–8 victory for the Nelspruit-based side to see Western Province eliminated from the competition.[7]

He also played in their matches against Kenya[8] and Namibia[9] in June 2014.

Eastern Province Kings

He then moved from the Western Cape to the Eastern Cape, joining Port Elizabeth-based side the Eastern Province Kings for the 2015 season.[10] He made eleven appearances for the Under-21 team during the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A and also captained the side on occasion,.[11]

Pau

At the beginning of 2016, he left Port Elizabeth and moved to France, where he joined Top 14 side Pau for the 2015–16 season.[12]

Brive

He spent 6 months in Pau before moving to fellow Top 14 side Brive for the 2016–17 season.[13] He is currently still with Brive for the 2017-2018 season[14]

Zebre

For 2022−23, he signed for Italian team Zebre Parma in United Rugby Championship.[15][16]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "SA U16 High Performance squad". SuperSport. 3 August 2010. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  2. ^ "SA Rugby Squad – DHL Western Province : 2013 Absa Under 19 Competition". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB NWU-PUKKE 33–39 FNB UCT 1ST XV". South African Rugby Union. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Blue Bulls crowned champions in Absa Under-21 final". South African Rugby Union. 25 October 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  5. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Western Province U21 10–20 Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  6. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 16–8 Regent Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  7. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Steval Pumas 13–8 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  8. ^ "DHL WP win in Kenya". Western Province. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  9. ^ "DHL WP lose it at the death". Western Province. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  10. ^ "EP Kings Pre Season Training Squad announcedee". Rugby15. 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  11. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – EP Kings U21 14–73 Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  12. ^ "Kings-unie vrees glo mosie van wantroue". Die Son (in Afrikaans). 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  13. ^ "Le CABCL prépare l'avenir sans se presser". La Montagne (in French). 29 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  14. ^ "La fiche rugby de : Jan UYS".
  15. ^ "IL SECONDA LINEA SUDAFRICANO JAN UYS RINFORZA IL PACK DELLE ZEBRE RUGBY". Zebre Rugby Club (in Italian). 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  16. ^ "TREDICI ATLETI E UN COMPONENTE DELLO STAFF TECNICO DELLE ZEBRE SALUTANO IL CLUB". Zebre Parma. Retrieved 19 June 2023.