Birth name | Regardt Dreyer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 December 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Westville, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Regardt Dreyer (born 10 December 1982, Johannesburg) is a professional South African Rugby footballer currently playing for Aviva Premiership side Northampton Saints. His preferred position is at Prop.
Dreyer signed for Northampton Saints along with Juandré Kruger, another fellow South African Rugby player on 6 October 2008 but did not officially join until after his Currie Cup commitments. [2] Although he did not play for the saints in his first season, he played for their reserves team (the Wanderers) helping them winning the Guinness A League. He made his first start the following season.
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