Stefan Watermeyer

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Stefan Watermeyer
Date of birth (1988-06-03) 3 June 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Nelspruit, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb; 15 st 2 lb)
School Hoërskool Waterkloof
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Youth career
2000–2001 Pumas
2004–2009 Blue Bulls
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007 Blue Bulls XV 1 (0)
2008–2011 Blue Bulls 55 (124)
2010 Bulls 1 (0)
2011–2012 Ospreys 2 (5)
2012 Griquas 3 (0)
2013–2015 Pumas 50 (80)
2014 Lions 13 (10)
2016 Southern Kings 12 (17)
2007–2016Total137(236)
Correct as of 27 March 2016
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2005–2006 South Africa Schools
2007 South Africa Under-19
2008 South Africa Under-20
2013 South Africa President's XV 3 (0)
Correct as of 12 March 2014

Stefan Watermeyer (born 3 June 1988) is a former South African rugby union player that regularly played as a centre. During his first class career between 2007 and 2016, he played Super Rugby for the Bulls, Lions and Southern Kings, domestic South African rugby with the Blue Bulls, Griquas and Pumas and had a short spell with Welsh side Ospreys. He also represented South Africa at schoolboy, Under-19 and Under-20 level and also played for a South Africa President's XV at the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup.

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He announced his retirement from rugby at the conclusion of the 2016 Super Rugby season with the Southern Kings. [1]

Career

He has previously played for the Bulls, the Ospreys and Griquas. [2]

On his Ospreys debut, he scored a try and was named Man of the Match. However, the implementation of a wage cap in Wales meant that he was released by the Ospreys in July 2012. [3]

He joined the Pumas for the 2013 season. [4]

He was included in the Lions squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season [5] and made his debut in a 21–20 victory over the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein. [6] [7]

He was a member of the Pumas side that won the Vodacom Cup for the first time in 2015, beating Western Province 24–7 in the final. [8] Watermeyer made nine appearances during the season, scoring one try.

He joined the Southern Kings prior to the 2016 Super Rugby season. [9]

Representative rugby

In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup [10] and won the tournament after winning all three matches. [11]

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  2. ↑ "Griquas lure two former Bulls". Sport24. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Gareth Owen among 10 released by Ospreys". South Wales Evening Post. This is South Wales. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Watermeyer word 'n Puma" (in Afrikaans). SupaRugby. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "2014 Lions Super Rugby squad" (Press release). Lions. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Match Centre: Cheetahs v Lions". SANZAR. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Toyota Cheetahs 20–21 Lions". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Steval Pumas first-time Vodacom Cup champions – Final Review". South African Rugby Union. 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Stefan Watermeyer verruil Pumas vir Kings, Leeus gaps JW Bell". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 7 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "SA President's XV selected for IRB Tblisi Cup". South African Rugby Union. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "SA President's XV win Tbilisi Cup". IRB. 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.


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