Willie le Roux
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Willem Jacobus le Roux | ||
| Born |
18 August 1989 Stellenbosch, South Africa |
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended |
Hoërskool Strand Paul Roos Gymnasium |
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| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Fullback / Wing / Fly-Half | ||
| Current club | Wasps | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007 | Western Province | ||
| 2008 | Boland Cavaliers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2010–2011 | Boland Cavaliers | 39 | (221) |
| 2012–2015 | Cheetahs | 58 | (90) |
| 2012–2013 | Griquas | 11 | (5) |
| 2015–2017 | Canon Eagles | 18 | (35) |
| 2016 | Sharks | 13 | (15) |
| 2017–present | Wasps | 1 | (0) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2013–present | South Africa | 41 | (50) |
| 2013 | Barbarians | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Springbok XV | 2 | (20) |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 15 January 2017. |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 15 January 2017.
† Appearances (Points).
Willem Jacobus le Roux (born 18 August 1989) is a South African rugby union footballer. He is a versatile back-line player who generally plays as a fullback or wing, though earlier in his career he played mostly as a fly-half. He currently plays for Wasps in the English Premiership.
Le Roux was born and raised in the Western Cape and he started his professional career with Boland Cavaliers. He spent 2 years with the Cavaliers, helping them to lift the 2011 Currie Cup First Division title in his final appearance. He moved north to join the Griquas along with several of his Boland team-mates in 2012 and started 9 of the Peacock Blues 10 games during his debut season in Kimberley. After a rocky start in which he was sin-binned for a dangerous tackle on Blue Bulls full-back Jurgen Visser and subsequently suspended for Griquas second match of the season Le Roux established himself as one of the top players in South African domestic rugby.
In July 2013, it was announced that Le Roux had signed a new contract with the Cheetahs until the end of 2015, which also meant that he would play for the Free State Cheetahs domestically from 2014 onwards.
He left the Cheetahs after the 2015 Super Rugby season to spend some time playing in Japan with Canon Eagles before joining the Sharks for 2016.
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