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Joseph Dweba
Date of birth (1995-10-25) 25 October 1995 (age 29)
Place of birthCarletonville, South Africa
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
SchoolHoërskool Florida, Roodepoort
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Current team Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs / Template:Rut Cheetahs
Youth career
2011–13 Template:Rut Golden Lions
2014– Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015 Bloemfontein Crusaders (0)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015– Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs 4 (0)
2016– Template:Rut Cheetahs 3 (0)
Correct as of 11 June 2015
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013 S.A. Schools 3 (0)
2014– S.A. Under-20 6 (0)
Correct as of 22 June 2015

Joseph Dweba (born (1995-10-25)25 October 1995 in Carletonville, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing Currie Cup rugby with the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs and Super Rugby with the Template:Rut Cheetahs.[1] His regular position is hooker.

Career

Golden Lions / South African Schools

His first provincial representation came during in 2011, when he was selected for the Template:Rut Golden Lions Under-16 side that played at the Grant Khomo Week competition.

He also represented the Template:Rut Golden Lions two years later, this time in the premier South African high school rugby union competition, the Under-18 Craven Week, held in Polokwane. He appeared in all three of their matches, including the 29–45 defeat in the unofficial final against Template:Rut Western Province.[2] His performance led to his inclusion in the South African Schools side and he made appearances for them in wins against England,[3] France[4] and Wales[5] in August 2013.

Free State Cheetahs / South Africa Under-20

For the 2014 season, Dweba made the move to Bloemfontein to join the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs. He remained in the thoughts of the national selectors and was called up into the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship held in New Zealand in June 2014. He came on as a replacement in their second Pool C match against hosts New Zealand, helping them to a 33–24 victory.[6] He was an unused replacement for final pool match against Samoa[7] and in their 32–25 semi-final win against New Zealand.[8] He played off the bench in the final against England, coming on just after half time, but could not prevent South Africa losing the match 20–21 to finish as runners-up in the competition.[9] He returned to domestic action in the latter half of 2014, making two appearances for the Template:Rut Free State U19 side in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship.

After playing a single match for club side Bloemfontein Crusaders in the 2015 SARU Community Cup, Dweba was included in the Template:Rut Free State XV that competed in the 2015 Vodacom Cup. He made his provincial first class debut by starting their opening match of the season against Template:Rut SWD Eagles, but ended on the losing side as SWD Ran out 17–33 winners.[10] He made a further three appearances off the bench as the Free State XV finished the group stage in third place in the Southern Section before losing 21–44 to the Template:Rut Blue Bulls in the quarter finals.[11]

He was included in a 37-man training squad for the South African Under-20 team[12] and started a friendly match against a Varsity Cup Dream Team in April 2015.[13] He was included in the squad that toured Argentina in May 2015;[14] he started their first match, a 25–22 win for South Africa,[15] and came on as a replacement in their second match, scoring a try five minutes from time in a 39–28 victory.[16]

Upon the team's return, he was named in the final squad for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[17] He was an unused replacement in their first match of the competition, a 33–5 win against hosts Italy,[18] but started their remaining two matches in Pool B; a 40–8 win against Samoa[19] and a 46–13 win over Australia[20] to help South Africa finish top of Pool B to qualify for the semi-finals with the best record pool stage of all the teams in the competition. Dweba started their semi-final match against England, but could not prevent them losing 20–28 to be eliminated from the competition by England for the second year in succession[21] and played off the bench in their third-place play-off match against France, helping South Africa to a 31–18 win to secure third place in the competition.[22]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Joseph Dweba". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Match Breakdown: Western Province vs Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs England". South African Rugby Union. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs France". South African Rugby Union. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs Wales". South African Rugby Union. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Match Breakdown: New Zealand vs South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Match Breakdown: Samoa vs South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs New Zealand". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Match Breakdown: England vs South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Match Breakdown: SWD Eagles vs Toyota Free State XV". South African Rugby Union. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  11. ^ "Match Breakdown: Vodacom Blue Bulls vs Toyota Free State XV". South African Rugby Union. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Junior Bok training squad confirmed". South African Rugby Union. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Match Breakdown: Varsity Cup XV vs South Africa U/20". South African Rugby Union. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  14. ^ "SARU names Junior Bok squad for Argentine tour". South African Rugby Union. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  15. ^ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 25 a 22". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  16. ^ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 39 a 28". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  17. ^ "Liebenberg to lead Junior Boks at U20 World Championship in Italy". South African Rugby Union. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  18. ^ "Match Breakdown: Italy U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  19. ^ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Samoa U20". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  20. ^ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Australia U20". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  21. ^ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs England U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  22. ^ "Match Breakdown: France U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

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