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Mornay Smith

Mornay Smith

Rugby player

Mornay Jan Jakobus Smith (born 30 January 1998) is a South African rugby union player for the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup.[1] His regular position is tighthead prop.

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Rugby career

Youth rugby

Smith was born in Pretoria. He went to Hoërskool Eldoraigne, where he played rugby for the first team.[2] He was included in the Blue Bulls' Craven Week team in 2016, and also earned a selection to the South Africa Schools 'A' squad, playing in matches against Italy,[3] England[4] and Wales[5] in the 2016 Under-19 International Series.

Senior career

Smith was included in the Blue Bulls XV squad for the 2018 Rugby Challenge[6] and made his first class debut in their 27–20 victory over trans-Jukskei rivals the Golden Lions XV.[7] After just four appearances – which included his first start against the Welwitschias[8] – Smith was named in the matchday squad of the Bulls Super Rugby team for their match in Round 17 of the 2018 Super Rugby season against the Sunwolves in Singapore[9] and he duly made his Super Rugby debut, coming on as a 67th minute replacement in a 37–42 defeat.[10]

Honours

References

  1. [1]
    "SA Rugby Player Profile – Mornay Smith". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Captain's Profile: Mornay Smith". Rugby365. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. [3]
    "SA Rugby Match Centre – SA Schools A 20–23 Italy U19". South African Rugby Union. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. [4]
    "SA Rugby Match Centre – SA Schools A 53–14 England U18". South African Rugby Union. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  5. [5]
    "SA Rugby Match Centre – SA Schools A 17–18 Wales U18". South African Rugby Union. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Squad: Vodacom Blue Bulls XV". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  7. [7]
    "SuperSport Rugby Challenge - Match 29, Pool Stage". South African Rugby Union. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  8. [8]
    "SuperSport Rugby Challenge - Match 42, Pool Stage". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  9. [9]
    "Pollard to lead Vodacom Bulls against Sunwolves in Singapore" (Press release). Bulls. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  10. [10]
    "Sunwolves 42-37 Bulls". SANZAAR. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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