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Roelof Smit (rugby union)
South African rugby union player (born 1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roelof Andries Smit (born 11 January 1993 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape) is a South African rugby union player for the Lions in Super Rugby, the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup and the Lions in the Rugby Challenge. He also represented South Africa against the Barbarians in 2016.[1][2] His regular position is flanker.
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Career
Youth
He represented the Border Bulldogs at the 2009 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and at the 2010 Under-18 Craven Week. He then joined Pretoria-based team the Blue Bulls and represented them in the Craven Week competition in 2011. In 2012, he was a member of the Blue Bulls teams that finished runners-up in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, making ten starts and scoring three tries.
Blue Bulls
He made his senior debut for the Blue Bulls during the 2013 Vodacom Cup, when he came on as a substitute against the Pumas.[3] A further two appearances followed that season.
In 2013, he signed a contract extension to keep him at the Blue Bulls until 2015.[4] He signed a further extension in 2015 to remain in Pretoria until the end of the 2017 season.[5]
Representative rugby
He was included in the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.[6]
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