Willie le Roux

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Willie le Roux
Willie le Roux 2015 RWC.jpg
Personal information
Full name Willem Jacobus le Roux
Born (1989-08-18) 18 August 1989 (age 35)
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 90 kg (200 lb; 14 st 2 lb)
School(s) attended Hoërskool Strand
Paul Roos Gymnasium
Club information
Playing position Fullback / Wing / Fly-Half
Current club Canon Eagles / Sharks
Youth career
2007 Western Province
2008 Boland Cavaliers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2010–11 Boland Cavaliers 39 (221)
2012–15 Cheetahs 58 (90)
2012–13 Griquas 11 (5)
2014–15 Free State Cheetahs 0 (0)
2015– Canon Eagles 0 (0)
2016– Sharks 1 (5)
2016– Sharks (Currie Cup) 0 (0)
Representative team(s)‡
2013– South Africa 34 (45)
2013 Barbarians 1 (0)
2014–15 Springbok XV 2 (20)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 13 June 2015.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 30 October 2015.

Willem Jacobus le Roux (born 18 August 1989) is a South African rugby union footballer. He is a versatile back-line player who generally plays as a fullback or wing, though earlier in his career he played mostly as a fly-half.

Rugby career

Le Roux was born and raised in the Western Cape and he started his professional career with Boland Cavaliers. He spent 2 years with the Cavaliers, helping them to lift the 2011 Currie Cup First Division title in his final appearance.[1][2] He moved north to join the Griquas along with several of his Boland team-mates in 2012 and started 9 of the Peacock Blues 10 games during his debut season in Kimberley. After a rocky start in which he was sin-binned for a dangerous tackle on Blue Bulls full-back Jurgen Visser and subsequently suspended for Griquas second match of the season[3] Le Roux established himself as one of the top players in South African domestic rugby.[4]

In July 2013, it was announced that Le Roux had signed a new contract with the Cheetahs until the end of 2015, which also meant that he would play for the Free State Cheetahs domestically from 2014 onwards.[5]

He left the Cheetahs after the 2015 Super Rugby season to spend some time playing in Japan with Canon Eagles[6] before joining the Sharks for 2016.[7]

Super Rugby

Upon moving to the Griquas in 2012, Le Roux was instantly called up to the Cheetahs Super Rugby squad.[8] He made his debut in Week 1 of the 2012 Super Rugby season as a half-time substitute for Dusty Noble as the Cheetahs lost 25–27 to the Lions in Johannesburg.[9] Despite this early setback Le Roux went on to have an excellent first season in Super Rugby, playing mostly on the wing he scored 7 tries in 16 appearances.[10] His second season proved even more successful as he helped the Cheetahs reach the play-offs with a further 6 tries in 17 matches.[10]

International

Le Roux was selected to represent the Springboks for the first time during the South African Quadrangular tournament of 2013 against Italy, Scotland and Samoa.[11] He played the full 80 minutes of all three test matches against these teams with distinction, hardly faltering any time at full-back, and contributed to the try-making by joining the Springbok backline in sprints for the opponents' tryline.[12][13][14][15][16]

He also played an integral part in South Africa's 2013 Rugby Championship campaign, featuring in all six matches. He scored tries in both home and away tests against Australia and in the deciding game at home to New Zealand.[17][18][19]

Le Roux started the 2013 end-of-year tests on the bench for the match against Wales, however an injury to starting fly-half Morne Steyn saw him enter to the fray as an early substitute in the full-back position.[20] It was a position he was to retain for the remaining two tour matches. He turned in a particularly impressive display in the 28-0 destruction of Scotland scoring one intercept try and setting up another immediately from the restart for team-mate JP Pietersen.[21]

On 14 June 2014, Le Roux produced a man-of-the-match performance to help South Africa beat Wales during the 2014 incoming tours, scoring a try and providing three assists.[22]

In 2014, he was one of five nominees for the IRB Player of the Year award.[23]

Springbok statistics

Test Match Record

Against Pld W D L Tri Con Pen DG Pts %Won
 Argentina 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
 Australia 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 10 75
 England 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
 France 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
 Ireland 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Italy 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
 New Zealand 4 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 25
 Samoa 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
 Scotland 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 100
 Wales 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 10 75
Total 25 19 0 6 7 0 0 0 35 76

Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Con = Conversions, Pen = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points Scored

International Tries

Try Opposing team Location Venue Competition Date Result
1  Australia Brisbane, Australia Suncorp Stadium Rugby Championship 7 September 2013 Won 38-12
2  Australia Cape Town, South Africa Newlands Rugby Championship 28 September 2013 Won 28-8
3  New Zealand Johannesburg, South Africa Ellis Park Rugby Championship 5 October 2013 Lost 27-38
4  Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland Murrayfield End-of-year rugby test series 17 November 2013 Won 28-0
5  Wales Durban, South Africa Kings Park Mid-year rugby test series 14 June 2014 Won 38-16
6  Wales Nelspruit, South Africa Mbombela Stadium Mid-year rugby test series 21 June 2014 Won 31-30
7  Scotland Port Elizabeth, South Africa Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Mid-year rugby test series 28 June 2014 Won 55-6
8  New Zealand Johannesburg, South Africa Ellis Park Rugby Championship 25 July 2015 Lost 20-27
9  Argentina Durban, South Africa Kings Park Rugby Championship 8 August 2015 Lost 25-37

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 29 June 2015
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2012 Cheetahs 16 15 1 1226 7 0 0 0 35 2 0
2013 Cheetahs 17 17 0 1333 6 0 0 0 30 0 0
2014 Cheetahs 16 16 0 1238 5 0 0 0 25 1 0
2015 Cheetahs 9 8 1 630 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2016 Sharks 1 1 0 80 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Total 59 57 2 4507 19 0 0 0 95 4 0

References

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