Ruben de Haas

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Ruben de Haas
Full nameRuben Pieter de Haas
Date of birth (1998-10-09) October 9, 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth George, South Africa
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg)
School Jessieville High School, Arkansas, USA
Notable relative(s)Pieter de Haas (father) /
Gerard de Haas (grandfather)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Toyota Free State Cheetahs
Youth career
2015 - 2017 Little Rock Rugby Club AR USA
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
  Free State Cheetahs U19 ()
2018 CUT Ixias ()
Correct as of 21 May 2018
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018–2019 Free State Cheetahs 10 (0)
2020–2021 Cheetahs 18 (15)
2021–2023 Saracens 23 (0)
Correct as of 5 April 2022 [1]
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016 United States U19 2
2016–2017 United States U20 6 (7)
2017 USA Selects 3 (5)
2018–present USA Eagles 36 (38)
Correct as of 3 October 2021

Ruben Pieter de Haas (born October 9, 1998) is a rugby union player who plays scrum-half for the United States men's national team. He previously played for Saracens in the English Premiership and currently for the Cheetahs in the SA Currie Cup and the 2024-25 EPCR Challenge Cup in Europe.

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Early life

Ruben de Haas was born on October 9, 1998, in George, South Africa [2] as the son of Pieter de Haas and grandson of Gerard de Haas, both well known rugby players that played for the Lions and Bulls respectively in South Africa. [3] [4] De Haas immigrated with his family to the USA at the age of 10 and attended Jessieville High School in Arkansas [2] and played rugby for the Little Rock Junior Stormers, one of only two high school rugby teams in the state of Arkansas. [4]

Professional career

Cheetahs

After having represented the United States at age-grade level (see sections below), De Haas signed an academy contract with South African provincial union the Free State Cheetahs in July 2017 after graduating from High School. [5] He played for the Free State U19 side in the 2017 Under-19 Provincial Championship, and also played for university side the CUT Ixias in the 2018 Varsity Cup, [3] before making his first class debut in South African domestic competition, for the Free State XV in their 2018 Rugby Challenge match against the Griffons. [6]

In May 2018, the Free State Cheetahs announced that he signed a contract with the Cheetahs – the union's professional team – until the end of October 2020. In 2021 English Premiership giants Saracens signed De Haas on a 2 year deal where-after he returned for a second stint with the Cheetahs. [3]

Saracens

It was announced in February 2021 that De Haas would join Saracens ahead of the 2021–22 Premiership season and he made 23 appearances for the club. [7]

International career

Youth teams

De Haas first represented the United States as a member of the United States men's national under-19 team (High School All-Americans) in their 2016 tour of Ontario, Canada. [8] De Haas served as the captain of the High School All-Americans. [9]

De Haas debuted with the United States men's national under-20 team (Junior All-Americans) in the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy. [10] De Haas made his first appearance for the Junior All-Americans as a 65th minute substitute in a 46–44 loss to Namibia on April 19. [11] De Haas made his first start at scrum-half for the Junior All-Americans in their 32–12 victory over Hong Kong on April 23. [12]

De Haas also made two appearances for the Junior All-Americans in 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy qualification matches. He scored one conversion in the Junior All-Americans' 46–12 defeat to Canada on June 13, 2017. [13] He also scored one conversion and one penalty goal in the Junior All-American's 27–25 victory over Canada on June 17, 2017. [14] De Haas served as the vice captain of the Junior All-Americans. [2]

USA Selects

De Haas made his first appearance with the USA Selects on October 7, 2017, starting at scrum-half in the Selects' 48–26 defeat to Samoa in the 2017 Americas Pacific Challenge. [15] De Haas scored his first try for the Selects on October 15, 2017, appearing as a substitute in the Selects' 45–26 victory over Canada. [16]

USA Eagles

De Haas made his debut with the USA Eagles 8 months after graduating from High School on February 17, 2018, appearing as a substitute in the Eagles' 45–13 victory over Chile in the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship. [17] De Haas played 4 matches for the U.S. at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.

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