Tinus du Plessis
Tinus du Plessis (born 20 May 1984 in Windhoek)[3] is a Namibian rugby union player and a member of the Namibia national rugby union team. He is a back-row player who plays on both flanks and at number eight.
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| Date of birth | 20 May 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Windhoek, South West Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (238 lb; 17 st 0 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Windhoek High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Anton Bresler (cousin) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
Du Plessis attended Windhoek High School in Windhoek and is a graduate from Stellenbosch University.[4] In 2003, he attended Gisborne Boys' High School and played first XV rugby in the Super 8 competition in New Zealand. He was the shot put athletics champion as well.
Club career
He has played club rugby in Namibia for Wanderers RFC, and professionally in England for Rotherham Titans RFC. He was named Rotherham's player of the year in 2009. In December 2011 he joined London Wasps, on a deal taking him through to the end of the season.[5] Having impressed during his time at Wasps Du Plessis was awarded a two-year contract. Du Plessis signed for English Championship club London Scottish for the remainder of the 2015–2016 season.[6]
International career
He was selected for the Namibian squad to play in the 2007 Rugby World Cup where he made three appearances.[7] Having appeared in the Africa Cup in 2008 and 2009 and the RWC 2011 Qualifiers he now has 23 full international caps. He was a member of the victorious Namibia Squad that won the 2010 IRB Nations Cup which went alongside their 2009 African Cup win.
He received the Man of the Match award in a 2011 Rugby World Cup match against Wales in which his Wasps teammate Heinz Koll scored a try.[8] However Namibia lost the match 81–7.[8]
References
- "Rugby World Cup". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- "Anton Bresler is living the dream at Edinburgh - the Scotsman". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- Tinus du Plessis Archived 2011-11-17 at the Wayback Machine Scrum.com
- "Changes to national rugby side for African Cup". the Namibian. 2007-05-14. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- "Tinus DuPlessis: 2011/2012 Biography & Statistics - London Wasps". Wasps.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- "World Cup star joins London Scottish : London Scottish FC | Official Website". London Scottish. 20 January 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- "Namibian RWC Squad announcement". Planet Rugby. 18 July 2007. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- "BBC Sport - Rugby Union - Namibian flanker Tinus du Plessis moves to Wasps". BBC News. 2011-12-28. Archived from the original on 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2012-01-17.