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| Full name | Marthinus Christoffel Dreyer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 August 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rustenburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 125 kg (276 lb; 19 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hoërskool Wonderboom, Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | NWU Pukke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marthinus Christoffel Dreyer (born 25 August 1988) is a South African rugby union player who last played for the Southern Kings in the Pro14. [1] His regular position is prop.
After representing the Blue Bulls at the 2006 Under-18 Academy Week youth tournament, he then joined Potchefstroom-based side the Leopards and represented them in the Under-19 Provincial Championship tournament in 2007 and the Under-19 Provincial Championship tournament in 2008 and 2009.
He made his first class debut for the Leopards in the 2011 Vodacom Cup competition against the Boland Cavaliers [2] and also played against Western Province that season. [3] He didn't appear for them in 2012, but did play in four matches in the 2013 Vodacom Cup tournament.
He joined Boland Cavaliers for the start of 2014. [4]
In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup [5] and won the tournament after winning all three matches. [6]
He joined French side Dax for the 2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 season.
He returned to South Africa after one season in France to join the Blue Bulls. [7]
In 2019 he joined Russian Slava Moscow club.
He also represented the NWU Pukke in Varsity Cup rugby between 2010 and 2013.
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