Bart le Roux

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Bart le Roux
Full nameBartholomeus Gabriel le Roux
Date of birth (1994-01-28) 28 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Pretoria, South Africa
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight125 kg (19 st 10 lb; 276 lb)
School Hoërskool Framesby, Port Elizabeth
University Varsity College / North-West University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Youth career
2011–2012 Eastern Province Kings
2013–2014 Sharks
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014 UKZN Impi 7 (5)
2016 NWU Pukke 9 (10)
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–2016 Leopards 19 (25)
2016–2017 Zebre 6 (0)
2017 Eastern Province Kings 3 (0)
2019 Falcons 1 (0)
Correct as of 25 August 2019
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011 South Africa Schools Academy 1 (0)
Correct as of 13 July 2016

Bartholomeus Gabriel le Roux (born 28 January 1994) is a South African rugby union player, who most recently played for the Falcons in the Currie Cup. He usually plays as a tighthead prop. [1]

Contents

Rugby career

Schools rugby

Le Roux was born in Pretoria, but grew up in Port Elizabeth, where he represented the Eastern Province Kings at youth level. In 2011, he was a member of a South Africa Schools Academy that lost to a France B team in Durban. [2]

Sharks

After school, he joined the Sharks Academy, representing the side at Under-19 and Under-21 level. He also played for university side UKZN Impi in the 2014 Varsity Shield competition.

Leopards

He moved to Potchefstroom for 2015 to join the Leopards. He made his first class debut in a Currie Cup First Division match against the SWD Eagles, [3] the first of six appearances in the competition. He scored tries in victories over the Griffons [4] and SWD Eagles in the final of the competition [5] to help the Leopards to win the competition for the first time in their history.

He represented NWU Pukke in the 2016 Varsity Cup, scoring tries in their matches against UCT Ikey Tigers [6] and CUT Ixias [7] on the way to winning another competition, with his side beating Maties 7–6 in the final. [8] He then made eight starts for the Leopards in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series, but could not help the team to secure a spot in the Premier Division, instead qualifying to the First Division.

Zebre

Le Roux moved to Italy to join Pro12 side Zebre before the 2016–17 season. [9] Le Roux played 6 games, starting 2 and coming on as substitute for 4 for Zebre, playing 222 minutes in the Pro12 [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Bart le Roux". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – SA Academy 24–36 France U18 B". South African Rugby Union. 13 August 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 36–31 SWD Eagles". South African Rugby Union. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 64–34 Down Touch Griffons". South African Rugby Union. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 44–20 SWD Eagles". South African Rugby Union. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB UCT IKEYS 6–24 FNB NWU-PUKKE". South African Rugby Union. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB NWU-PUKKE 44–14 FNB CUT". South African Rugby Union. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB MATIES 6–7 FNB NWU-PUKKE". South African Rugby Union. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Il giovane pilone Le Roux rinforzo per le Zebre in prima linea" (Press release) (in Italian). Zebre. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Player archive Guinnews Pro12". Pro12 Rugby Union. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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