Schalk Ferreira

Full name

Schalk Jakobus Petrus Ferreira

Date of birth

9 February 1984 (age 33)

Place of birth

Pretoria, South Africa

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

107 kg (16 st 12 lb)

School

Paul Roos Gymnasium, Stellenbosch

Rugby union career

Youth Career
Position(s)	Prop
Current team	Kings / Eastern Province Kings
1999–2005	Western Province
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2005–2009	Western Province	48	(10)
2007–2009	Stormers	16	(0)
2009	→ Boland Cavaliers	1	(0)
2012	Western Province	10	(0)
2012–2013	Eastern Province Kings	12	(5)
2013	Kings	17	(10)
2013–2015	Toulouse	35	(5)
2015–present	Eastern Province Kings	10	(0)
2016–present	Kings	12	(10)
Correct as of 9 October 2016
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2002	South Africa Schools		()
2003	South Africa Under-19		()
2004	South Africa Under-21	3	(0)
2014	World XV	1	(0)
Correct as of 3 May 2014

Youth Career
Position(s)	Prop
Current team	Kings / Eastern Province Kings
1999–2005	Western Province
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2005–2009	Western Province	48	(10)
2007–2009	Stormers	16	(0)
2009	→ Boland Cavaliers	1	(0)
2012	Western Province	10	(0)
2012–2013	Eastern Province Kings	12	(5)
2013	Kings	17	(10)
2013–2015	Toulouse	35	(5)
2015–present	Eastern Province Kings	10	(0)
2016–present	Kings	12	(10)
Correct as of 9 October 2016
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2002	South Africa Schools		()
2003	South Africa Under-19		()
2004	South Africa Under-21	3	(0)
2014	World XV	1	(0)
Correct as of 3 May 2014

Schalk Jakobus Petrus Ferreira (born (1984-02-09)9 February 1984 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing Super Rugby with the Kings and domestic Currie Cup rugby with the Eastern Province Kings. He has been playing first rugby since 2005 and normally plays as a loosehead prop.

Ferreira was born in Pretoria, where he also attended primary school, before moving to the Western Cape, where he attended Stellenbosch-based high school Paul Roos Gymnasium. He was included in various Western Province representative teams during his school days, representing them at Under-16 level in 2000 and playing at the premier South African schools competition, the Under-18 Craven Week on two occasions – in 2001 for a Coastal Western Province combination side and in 2002 for Western Province. After the 2002, he was also included in a South African Schools squad that played matches against their French and Welsh counterparts.

In 2003, he was included in the South Africa Under-19 squad that played at the 2003 Under-19 Rugby World Championship held in Paris. He helped South Africa win the tournament, beating New Zealand's Under-19 team 22–18 in the final. He returned to South Africa to represent Western Province in the Under-20 Provincial Championship in the latter half of 2003.

Ferreira was included in the South Africa Under-21 squad that played in the Under-21 Rugby World Championship held in Scotland in 2004. and helped them to finish third in the competition, beating Australia Under-21 44–10 in the third-place play-off. He also continued to represent Western Province's Under-20s in the Provincial Championship in 2004.

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