Robbie Petzer
| Full name | Robert Jacobus Petzer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 February 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Parys, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb; 14 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Die Afrikaanse Hoërskool, Kroonstad, Noord-Kaap Hoërskool, Kimberley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Jacobus Petzer (born 13 February 1996) is a South African rugby union player for the Glendale Raptors in Major League Rugby (MLR) in North America.[1] His regular position is fly-half.
Rugby career
Petzer was born in Parys and initially attended high school in Kroonstad, where he earned a call-up to represent the Template:Rut Griffons at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2012. He then moved to Kimberley, where he was selected in the Template:Rut Griquas' Craven Week squad in 2014.
He joined the Template:Rut Western Province academy after school,[2] but left Cape Town after just one year to return to the Template:Rut Griffons. He represented them in the 2016 Under-20 Provincial Championship, finishing as the competition's third highest points scorer with 111 points.[3]
2018 turned out to be a whirlwind season for Petzer; he was named in the Template:Rut Griffons senior squad for the 2017 Rugby Challenge, and he made their first class debut for them in their match against the Template:Rut Free State XV in Welkom, where Petzer kicked one penalty in a 48–53 defeat.[4] In the second half of the season, Petzer joined the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs, and he made his Currie Cup debut for the team in a match against the Template:Rut Golden Lions.[5] A few weeks later, injuries to a number of Template:Rut Cheetahs' Pro14 fly-halves — with Niel Marais, Fred Zeilinga, Ernst Stapelberg and Ryno Eksteen all injured — Petzer was called up into the squad and he started their second ever match, an 18–51 defeat to Irish side Template:Rut Munster in Limerick, with Petzer scoring eight of his side's points.[6] While that was his last action in the Pro14, he made a further 3 starts for in the Currie Cup competition.
He moved to George prior to the 2018 season to join the Template:Rut SWD Eagles. He spent one season there before joining Major League Rugby side Glendale Raptors.[7]
References
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Robbie Petzer". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "WP Rugby Strong leadership group highlights 2015 WPRI intake" (Press release). Western Province. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "SA Rugby Top Scorers – 2016 SA Rugby U20 Provincial Champs". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "SuperSport Rugby Challenge - Match 35, Pool Stage". South African Rugby Union. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Toyota FS Cheetahs will be playing in pink socks in support for CANSA" (Press release). Free State Cheetahs. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Wootton scores four in Munster's second bonus-point victory of the season". Guinness Pro14. 9 September 2017. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ^ "Glendale Raptors Announce More Signings to Kick Off the New Year" (Press release). Glendale Raptors. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
[[Category:Expatriate rugby union players in the United States]]