Dayan van der Westhuizen

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Dayan van der Westhuizen
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Full nameDayan Leslie van der Westhuizen
Date of birth (1994-04-05) 5 April 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Wellington, South Africa
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight118 kg (260 lb; 18 st 8 lb)
School Hoërskool Centurion, Centurion
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead prop
Current team Bulls / Blue Bulls / Blue Bulls XV
Youth career
2010 Boland Cavaliers
2011–2015 Blue Bulls
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015 UP Tuks 4 (10)
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–2020 Blue Bulls 25 (20)
2016 Blue Bulls XV 5 (0)
2017–2018 Southern Kings 14 (0)
2019 Bulls 5 (0)
2021– Hino Red Dolphins 1 (0)
Correct as of 20 February 2021
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012 South Africa Schools 3 (5)
2014 South Africa Under-20 5 (0)
Correct as of 13 April 2018

Dayan Leslie van der Westhuizen (born 5 April 1994 in Wellington, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for the Bulls in Super Rugby, the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Blue Bulls XV in the Rugby Challenge. [1] His regular position is tighthead prop.

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Career

Boland

Having grown up in Wellington in the Western Cape province in South Africa, Van der Westhuizen was selected to represent Border at the annual Under-16 Grant Khomo Week competition held in Upington, where he scored a try in their match against the Pumas. [2]

Blue Bulls / Bulls

However, he moved to Gauteng in 2011, where he enrolled at Hoërskool Centurion and represented Pretoria-based side the Blue Bulls in the Under-18 Craven Week competitions in 2011 and 2012. In 2012, he was called up to represent a South African Schools side and he played in three matches for them – against France, [3] Wales [4] and England. [5] He scored a try in the first of those three matches to help South Africa achieve a 17–7 victory over their French counterparts.

After finishing high school, Van der Westhuizen remained at the Blue Bulls. He played in nine matches of the Blue Bulls U19 side's 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship season; the seven of those came during the regular season, during which the Blue Bulls won all twelve of their matches to top the log. Van der Westhuizen also scored his first try at this level in their match against Western Province U19 in a 46–16 victory, [6] and a second in a win over the Free State U19s. [7] He was named in the starting line-up for the final against the Golden Lions U19s, a match which the Blue Bulls won 35–23 to secure the championship. [8]

In 2014, Van der Westhuizen was included in the South Africa Under-20 squad that participated in the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship held in New Zealand. [9] He played off the bench in their opening match against Scotland [10] before making his first start for the Under-20s in a 33–24 victory against hosts and four-time winners New Zealand. [11] He played off the bench once again for their final pool match, a 21–8 victory over Samoa as South Africa finished top of the group to set up a rematch with New Zealand in the semi-finals. Van der Westhuizen started the semi-final and helped South Africa secure their fourth consecutive victory over New Zealand at this level, winning 32–25. [12] He made his fifth appearance – and third start – of the tournament in the final, but could not prevent South Africa finishing on the losing side this time, with England winning the championship for the second consecutive year with a 21–20 victory over South Africa. [13]

Van der Westhuizen returned to domestic action a month after the Junior World Championship, making ten appearances for the Blue Bulls U21s during the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship and scoring a try against the Free State U21 team [14] as they reached the final of the competition, with Van der Westhuizen coming on as a second-half replacement to help the Blue Bulls win the title by beating Western Province U21 in the final. [15]

In 2015, he was included in the Bulls' squad for the 2015 Super Rugby season and was named on the bench for the side's season opener against the Stormers. [16] He didn't make an appearance for them, instead playing for UP Tuks in the 2015 Varsity Cup competition. He was named in a Varsity Cup Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament which played one match against the South Africa Under-20s in Stellenbosch. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Dayan van der Westhuizen". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Pumas 10–27 Boland". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 17–7 France". South African Rugby Union. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 24–16 Wales". South African Rugby Union. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 36–29 England". South African Rugby Union. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 46–16 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Toyota Free State 14–52 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – MTN Golden Lions 23–35 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Junior Springboks named for JWC 2014". South African Rugby Union. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 61–5 Scotland". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – New Zealand 24–33 South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 32–25 New Zealand". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – England 21–20 South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Free State U21 13–31 Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  15. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Western Province U21 10–20 Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  16. ↑ "Vodacom Bulls welcomes back Strauss". Bulls. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  17. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Varsity Cup XV 24–31 South Africa U/20". South African Rugby Union. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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