Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pieter Stephanus du Toit | ||
Born |
Cape Town, South Africa |
20 August 1992 ||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | ||
Weight | 120 kg (260 lb; 18 st 13 lb) | ||
School(s) attended | Hoërskool Swartland, Malmesbury | ||
Relatives | Johan du Toit (brother) | ||
Club information | |||
Playing position | Lock / Flanker | ||
Current club | Western Province / Stormers | ||
Youth career | |||
2010 | Boland Cavaliers | ||
2011–2012 | Sharks | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
2012 | Sharks XV | 5 | (5) |
2012–2015 | Sharks (Currie Cup) | 5 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Sharks | 27 | (0) |
2016–present | Stormers | 14 | (15) |
Representative team(s)‡ | |||
2012 | South Africa Under-20 | 5 | (5) |
2013–present | South Africa | 20 | (15) |
2016 | Springbok XV | 1 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 23 July 2016. |
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 23 July 2016.
† Appearances (Points).
Pieter Stephanus du Toit is a South African rugby union footballer. Du Toit plays as a lock or a flanker, and represents Western Province in the Currie Cup and the Stormers in Super Rugby.
Du Toit was a member of the South Africa Under 20 team that won the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.
In July 2013, he signed a two-year contract extension with the Sharks. However, he did sign a further contract renewal and the Sharks announced his departure in October 2015.
He made his Springbok Test debut versus Wales in Cardiff on 9 November 2013 at age 21.
Du Toit is the older brother of Johan, also a professional rugby player. The two brothers were contracted to the Sharks at the same time (in 2014 and 2015) before reuniting at the Stormers from 2017 onwards.