Brendon Michael Snyman (born 21 August 1984) is a South African

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player who most recently played for the . His regular position is lock.

Career

Early career

He represented the in the 2003 and 2004 Under–20 competitions.

SWD Eagles

In 2005, he moved to

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to play for the , making sixteen appearances in his debut season.

Griquas

He joined in 2006, where he spent the next four seasons and racking up 67 appearances in his time in

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in both the

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and

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 ...

competitions.

Eastern Province Kings

During the

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, he played one game on loan at the and joined them on a permanent basis in 2010 (when they changed their name to the ), where he made four Vodacom Cup appearances, five Currie Cup appearances (two starts) and one appearance in the pre-season compulsory friendlies.

Leopards

He then joined

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-based side the , where he quickly became an established first team player over the next few seasons.

Montauban

He moved to

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to join

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for the 2014–15 Pro D2 season.

London Welsh

After one season in France, Snyman moved to England to join

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side

London Welsh London Welsh Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Cymry Llundain) was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Richmond-upon-Thames, London Welsh RFC played in the English Premiership in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, ...

Representative rugby

He was included in the South Africa President's XV squad for the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup and later confirmed as captain of the team. They won the tournament after winning all three their matches.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Snyman, Brendon South African rugby union players Living people 1984 births People from Polokwane SWD Eagles players Griquas (rugby union) players Eastern Province Elephants players Leopards (rugby union) players University of Pretoria alumni Rugby union locks Rugby union players from Limpopo