Steven Sykes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven Robert Sykes | ||
| Born |
5 August 1984 Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Weight | 106 kg (16 st 10 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Marlow Agricultural High School, Cradock | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Lock | ||
| Current club | Oyonnax | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2005 | Sharks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2005–2010 | Sharks (Currie Cup) | 80 | (25) |
| 2005–2008 | Sharks XV | 21 | (0) |
| 2006–2012 | Sharks | 69 | (45) |
| 2011 | Leinster | 4 | (0) |
| 2012 | Sharks (Currie Cup) | 8 | (0) |
| 2013 | Kings | 15 | (10) |
| 2013–2015 | Eastern Province Kings | 20 | (20) |
| 2015 | → Cheetahs | 14 | (5) |
| 2016 | Kings | 13 | (20) |
| 2016–present | Oyonnax | 0 | (0) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2003 | South Africa Under-19 | () | |
| 2009 | Emerging Springboks | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 18 July 2016. |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 18 July 2016.
† Appearances (Points).
Steven Robert Sykes (born 5 August 1984 in Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing for Oyonnax in the French Pro D2. His regular position is lock.
While still at school, Sykes represented Eastern Province at various youth tournaments. He played for them at primary school level at the 1997 Under-13 Craven Week competition and progressed through the youth sides to the Under-18 Craven Week team in 2002.
In 2003, Sykes moved to Durban to join the Sharks academy. He was also selected in the South African Under-19 side that played at the Under 19 Rugby World Championship in 2003 and also represented the Sharks Under-20 side in the Under-20 Provincial Competition in 2003 and 2004.
He made his first class debut for the Natal Wildebeest (the name that the Sharks' Vodacom Cup side played under) during the 2005 Vodacom Cup competition, coming on as an early substitute in a 43–0 victory over the Border Bulldogs in Durban. He started their next match against the Pumas in Witbank and remained in the starting line-up for the remainder of the competition.
He made his Currie Cup debut during the Qualification Round of the 2005 Currie Cup, playing off the bench against the Mighty Elephants. The Sharks topped their section to qualify for the Premier Division. Sykes was once again involved, making his first Currie Cup start in the first match of the Premier Division and scoring a try after just 25 minutes to help the Sharks to a 55–17 victory over the Leopards, eventually making five appearances in the competition.
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