Martin Dreyer (rugby union)
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Full name | Marthinus Christoffel Dreyer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 25 August 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rustenburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 125 kg (276 lb; 19 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Hoërskool Wonderboom, Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | NWU Pukke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marthinus Christoffel Dreyer (born 25 August 1988) is a South African rugby union player who last played for the Southern Kings in the Pro14.[1] His regular position is prop.
Career
[edit]Youth
[edit]After representing the Blue Bulls at the 2006 Under-18 Academy Week youth tournament, he then joined Potchefstroom-based side the Leopards and represented them in the Under-19 Provincial Championship tournament in 2007 and the Under-19 Provincial Championship tournament in 2008 and 2009.
Leopards
[edit]He made his first class debut for the Leopards in the 2011 Vodacom Cup competition against the Boland Cavaliers[2] and also played against Western Province that season.[3] He didn't appear for them in 2012, but did play in four matches in the 2013 Vodacom Cup tournament.
Boland Cavaliers
[edit]He joined Boland Cavaliers for the start of 2014.[4]
Representative rugby
[edit]In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup[5] and won the tournament after winning all three matches.[6]
Dax
[edit]He joined French side Dax for the 2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 season.
Blue Bulls
[edit]He returned to South Africa after one season in France to join the Blue Bulls.[7]
Slava Moscow
[edit]In 2019 he joined Russian Slava Moscow club.
Varsity Rugby
[edit]He also represented the NWU Pukke in Varsity Cup rugby between 2010 and 2013.
References
[edit]- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Martin Dreyer". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 14–43 Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 12–26 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Luiperds se Meel op 12" (in Afrikaans). SupaRugby. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ "SA President's XV selected for IRB Tblisi Cup". South African Rugby Union. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "SA President's XV win Tbilisi Cup". IRB. 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ "Steenkamp to lead Vodacom Blue Bulls into battle". Blue Bulls. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- South African rugby union players
- Living people
- 1988 births
- Sportspeople from Rustenburg
- Rugby union props
- Leopards (rugby union) players
- Stormers players
- Boland Cavaliers players
- US Dax players
- Southern Kings players
- Blue Bulls players
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- Slava Moscow players
- Rugby union players from North West (South African province)
- South African expatriate rugby union players in France
- Expatriate rugby union players in Russia