Bartholomeus Gabriel le Roux (born 28 January 1994) is a South African

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player, who most recently played for the in the

Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...

. He usually plays as a tighthead prop.

Rugby career

Schools rugby

Le Roux was born in

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...

, but grew up in

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, where he represented the at youth level. In 2011, he was a member of a South Africa Schools Academy that lost to a France B team in

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Sharks

After school, he joined the Sharks Academy, representing the side at Under-19 and Under-21 level. He also played for university side in the 2014 Varsity Shield competition.

Leopards

He moved to Potchefstroom for 2015 to join the . He made his first class debut in a Currie Cup First Division match against the , the first of six appearances in the competition. He scored tries in victories over the and SWD Eagles in the final of the competition to help the Leopards to win the competition for the first time in their history. He represented in the 2016 Varsity Cup, scoring tries in their matches against and on the way to winning another competition, with his side beating 7–6 in the final. He then made eight starts for the Leopards in the

2016 Currie Cup qualification The 2016 Currie Cup qualification series was a South African rugby union competition organised by the South African Rugby Union which was played between 9 April and 23 July 2016. It featured all fourteen South African provincial unions plus the f ...

series, but could not help the team to secure a spot in the Premier Division, instead qualifying to the First Division.

Zebre

Le Roux moved to Italy to join Pro12 side

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before the 2016–17 season. Le Roux played 6 games, starting 2 and coming on as substitute for 4 for Zebre, playing 222 minutes in the

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References

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