Kevin Buys

Kevin Buys (born 26 April 1986) is a South African rugby union player for Beaune in the Fédérale 1 in France.^[1]

Kevin Buys

Full name	Kevin Buys
Date of birth	(1986-04-26) 26 April 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	Benoni, South Africa
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	120 kg (260 lb; 18 st 13 lb)
School	Hoërskool Dr EG Jansen
University	University of Pretoria
Notable relative(s)	Father Stephanus Johannes van Coller. (STEVEN, SJ).Id no:6306015127009. Age of death:38 years old.Date of death;2001/08/04. Grave no: A5 section 2B Sterkfontein.
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Current team Beaune Youth career 2005–2007 Blue Bulls Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007 Blue Bulls 7 (0) 2007–2009 Brive 20 (5) 2009–2011 Golden Lions 24 (0) 2010–2011 Lions 13 (0) 2012–2013 Eastern Province Kings 2 (0) 2013 Southern Kings 17 (0) 2013–2017 Brive 75 (0) 2017–2018 Oyonnax 7 (0) 2018–present Beaune 0 (0) Correct as of 10 September 2018

Career

He started his playing career at the Blue Bulls as a youth player. In 2007, he made his debut in the Vodacom Cup competition. He then moved to French club CA Brive in November 2007. He played in the Espoirs (their reserve team), but graduated to the first team. He made 15 appearances for the team in the 2007–08 Top 14 season. He just made a further five appearances for the team the following season, three of those in the 2008–09 European Challenge Cup.^[2]

He then returned to South Africa and joined the Golden Lions team in 2009. He played for them in the domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions, as well as for the Lions in the Super Rugby competition. At the start of 2012, he linked up with the Eastern Province Kings. He was also named in the Southern Kings squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.

In 2013, he rejoined French Top 14 side CA Brive for a second time.^[3]