Martin_Dreyer_(rugby_union)
Martin Dreyer (rugby union)
South African rugby union player
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.
| Full name | Marthinus Christoffel Dreyer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1988-08-25) 25 August 1988 (age 35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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Youth
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
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
He joined Boland Cavaliers for the start of 2014.[4]
Representative rugby
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
He joined French side Dax for the 2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 season.
Blue Bulls
He returned to South Africa after one season in France to join the Blue Bulls.[7]
Slava Moscow
In 2019 he joined Russian Slava Moscow club.
Varsity Rugby
He also represented the NWU Pukke in Varsity Cup rugby between 2010 and 2013.
- "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.