Paul de Wet

Last updated

Paul de Wet
Full nameAlbertus Paul de Wet
Date of birth (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Stellenbosch, South Africa
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
School Paarl Boys' High School
University University of Stellenbosch
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Stormers / Western Province
Youth career
2015–2017 Western Province
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017–present Western Province 29 (40)
2018–present Stormers 28 (30)
Correct as of 23 July 2022

Albertus Paul de Wet (born 16 March 1996) is a South African rugby union player for the Stormers in the United Rugby Championship and Western Province in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. [1] His regular position is scrum-half.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lions (United Rugby Championship)</span> South African rugby union team

The Lions is a South African professional rugby union team based in Johannesburg in the Gauteng province. They competed in the Super Rugby competition until 2020, and have competed in the United Rugby Championship since 2021. They are the successor of the teams known as Transvaal (1996), Gauteng Lions (1997) and the Cats (1998–2006).

The Pacific Islanders was a combined international rugby union team that played from 2004 to 2008. It represented Fiji, Samoa and Tonga; Niue and the Cook Islands also supplied players to the squad for their tour in 2004. The team did not play at Rugby World Cups, where each of the nations continued to represent themselves.

The South African Rugby Board was the rugby union governing body of white South Africans between 1889 and 1992. The governing of white and coloured rugby union was handled separately during South Africa under Apartheid.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ceres, South Africa</span> Town in Western Cape, South Africa

Ceres is the administrative centre and largest town of the Witzenberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Ceres serves as a regional centre for the surrounding towns of Wolseley, Tulbagh, Op-die-Berg and Prince Alfred Hamlet. It is situated in the Warmbokkeveld Valley about 170 km north-east of Cape Town. Ceres is located at the north-eastern entrance to Michell's Pass and was the old route north between Cape Town and Johannesburg, which was later replaced by the N1 highway, which traverses the Breede River Valley to the south.

Paul Roos Gymnasium is a public, dual medium high school for boys in the town of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province of South Africa, which opened on 1 March 1866 as Stellenbosch Gymnasium. It is the 12th oldest school in the country.

Harry Wetter was an English-born international, rugby union centre who played club rugby for Newport and county rugby with Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. He won just two caps for Wales but is most notable for being a member of the Newport team that beat the 1912 touring South African team. He was also a member of the Wales bowls and baseball team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">British Lions v The Rest</span>

British Lions v The Rest was a 1986 rugby union match that saw the British Lions play against 'The Rest' to celebrate the centenary of the International Rugby Football Board. The Rest consisted of players from Australia, France, New Zealand and South Africa. At the time, there were only eight unions affiliated to the Board, thus only players from those countries were chosen. The Rest beat the Lions 15–7 in April 1986 in the match played at Cardiff Arms Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Faf de Klerk</span> South African rugby union player

François de Klerk known by his nickname Faf, is a South African professional rugby union player who plays scrum-half for Japan Rugby League One club Yokohama Canon Eagles and the South Africa national team. He was a member of the South Africa teams that won the Rugby World Cup in 2019 and 2023.

Pieter-Steyn de Wet is a South African rugby union player for Floirac in the French Fédérale 1. His usual position is fly-half.

Hoërskool Monument is a parallel medium strictly Afrikaans as a first language high school situated in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa.

The cultural activities offered by the school include choir, debate, public speaking, Junior United Nations, Miss Monnas, orators, and revue. The school also offers sports facilities for the following sports: athletics, golf, hockey, cricket, boys and girls, cross country, netball, rugby, chess, swimming, tennis and jukskei.

The 2005 South Africa rugby union tour of Argentina and Europe was a series of matches played in November 2005 in Argentina, Wales and France by the South Africa national rugby union team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pablo Matera</span> Argentine rugby union player

Pablo Nicolás Matera is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Japan Rugby League One club Mie Honda Heat and the Argentina national team.

The 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 76th season in the competition since it started in 1889 and was contested from 9 August to 25 October 2014. The tournament is the top tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition.

The 2014 Rugby Championship was the third edition of the expanded annual southern hemisphere Rugby Championship consisting of Argentina, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. The tournament was won by New Zealand, with South Africa second, Australia third, and Argentina last.

Philip Albert "Stompie" de Wet is a former South African rugby union player, that played first class rugby with the Leopards from 2011 to 2014. His regular position was flanker.

The 2013 Varsity Cup was contested from 4 February to 8 April 2013. The tournament was the sixth season of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-university rugby union competition featuring eight South African universities.

Tertius Kruger is a South African professional rugby union player for theSouthern Kings in the Pro14. His regular position is centre.

De Wet Kruger is a South African professional rugby union player for Griquas in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is number eight or flanker.

De Wet Roos is a South African-born Australian Rugby Union player for the Houston SaberCats in Major League Rugby (MLR). He currently is a referee for USA Rugby high performance referees and referees MLR matches.

Wouter Johannes De Wet Ras is a former South African rugby union player.

References

  1. "SA Rugby Player Profile – Paul de Wet". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 22 April 2018.