Devon Williams (rugby union)

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Devon Williams
Full nameDevon Frank Williams
Date of birth (1992-04-16) 16 April 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Stellenbosch, South Africa
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight73 kg (11 st 7 lb; 161 lb)
School Paarl Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger, Fullback
Current team Blue Bulls
Youth career
2010–2013 Western Province
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013–2016 Western Province 22 (65)
2014 Stormers 3 (5)
2016–present Pumas 100 (191)
2023–present → Bulls ()
Correct as of 10 July 2022

Devon Frank Williams (born 16 April 1992 in Stellenbosch) is a South African rugby union player for the Bulls in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. [1] His regular position is winger or fullback.

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Career

Youth

Williams represented Western Province since Under-18 level, playing for them at the Academy Week and Craven Week tournaments in 2010. In 2011, he played for the Western Province U19 side in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition, scoring three tries in thirteen appearances. He played for the Western Province U21 side in 2012 (finishing joint-fifth top try scorer with six tries in just seven starts, despite missing a large part of the season through injury) [2] and 2013, scoring eight tries in fourteen starts [3] and winning the "U21 Back of the Year" award. [4]

Senior career

His first taste of senior rugby came in 2013, when he was included in the Western Province squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition. [5] He made his debut in the opening match of the season, starting on the left wing in their 17–17 draw with the Boland Cavaliers in Ceres, scoring a 22nd-minute try in the process. [6] He started in eight of Western Province's nine matches in the competition, scoring one more try in their match against the Border Bulldogs. [7]

His 2014 Vodacom Cup campaign saw him score an incredible nine tries in the first six matches of the competition. He scored two tries in their opening match against the Boland Cavaliers, [8] one each in their matches against the Eastern Province Kings, [9] the Border Bulldogs [10] and Free State XV [11] and four tries in their 65–29 victory over Kenyan representative side Simba XV. [12]

He was included in the Stormers squad for their 2014 Super Rugby Round 10 match against the Lions. [13] He twice came on as a blood-bin substitute to make his Super Rugby debut. [14] His first start came in the Stormers' next match, away to the Cheetahs. [15]

Sevens

He joined the South Africa Sevens Academy in 2014. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Devon Williams". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "SA Rugby Try Scorers – 2012 ABSA Under 21 Competition". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "SA Rugby Try Scorers – 2013 Absa Under 21 Competition". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "13 Outstanding Western Province Rugby Award Winners". Youth Sports Network. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "SA Rugby Squad – DHL Western Province : 2013 Vodacom Cup". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Regent Boland Cavaliers 17–17 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 22–13 Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 16–8 Regent Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 56–22 Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border Bulldogs 16–29 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 28–15 Toyota Free State XV". South African Rugby Union. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 65–29 Tusker Simba XV". South African Rugby Union. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "DHL Stormers change five for Lions" (Press release). Stormers. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  14. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Stormers 18–3 Lions". South African Rugby Union. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  15. ↑ "Williams to make first Super start" (Press release). The Stormers. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  16. ↑ "SARU names Blitzbokke hopefuls". Sport24. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
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