John-Hubert Meyer (born 19 September 1993) is a South African

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player for the in

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and in the

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and the in the Rugby Challenge. He can play as a loosehead or tighthead

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Rugby career

2012 : Sharks Under-19

Meyer was born in

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

and attended

Paul Roos Gymnasium Paul Roos Gymnasium is a public, dual medium (Afrikaans & English) high school for boys in the town of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, and opened on the 1st of March 1866 as Stellenbosch Gymnasium. It is the 12th oldest school in the c ...

in nearby

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. He never earned a provincial call-up for during his school career and moved to

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to join the after finishing school. He was named on the bench for all thirteen of the 's matches during the

2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship The 2012 ABSA Under-19 Provincial Championship was contested from 13 July to 27 October 2012. The tournament featured the Under-19 players from the fourteen Currie Cup unions. Competition Division A There were seven participating teams in the 201 ...

, scoring a try in their 46–3 victory over the s and two tries in their final match of the regular season, a 47–45 victory over the s. The Sharks finished in third place to qualify for the semi-finals, where they lost to the s.

2014–2015 : Western Province Under-21 and Maties

Meyer moved back to Cape Town to join the team for their Under-21 Provincial Championship season. He made six starts and four appearances as a replacement during the regular season, scoring a try in their 39–18 victory over to help his side top the log. He started their 29–22 victory over the same opposition in their semi-final and in the final, where he finished on the winning side, as Western Province beat the Blue Bulls 33–26 in Cape Town. At the start of 2015, Meyer represented the

Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University ( af, Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant ...

's rugby team in the

Varsity Cup Varsity Cup is the collective name for four South African rugby union competitions involving the top rugby playing universities in the country. It was launched in 2008, with eight teams participating in the Varsity Cup competition and each univers ...

competition. He played in six of their seven matches, scoring a try in their narrow defeat to eventual champions , but could not help Maties into the semi-finals, with the three-time champions finishing in fifth place.

2016–present : Sharks and UKZN Impi

Meyer again made the move to Durban for the 2016 season. He started the season with five appearances in the

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competition for the

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university side . He scored a try for them in their 72–8 victory over His team won seven of their eight matches and would have finished joint-top of the log with , but they had 12 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player, therefore missing out on the title play-offs and a shot at promotion to the

. Meyer was included in the squad for the

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series and he made his first class debut at the end of April 2016, coming on as a replacement in their 48–18 victory over

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n side the in

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. He made a further four appearances for the team as they finished in tenth place on the log. He was also included in the squad for the Currie Cup Premier Division, and he made his debut at that level in a 46–24 victory over in Round Two of the competition. He remained in the matchday squad for the remainder of the competition, making a further six appearances, which included his first senior start in their 53–0 victory over the . Despite being in the top two on the log for the majority of the series, a defeat to the in the final round of the season saw the Sharks drop out of the top four altogether, finishing in fifth place and missing out on a semi-final spot. At the end of October 2016, Meyer was included in the

squad for the 2017 season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meyer, John-Hubert South African rugby union players Living people 1993 births Rugby union players from Cape Town Rugby union props Sharks (Currie Cup) players Sharks (rugby union) players AS Béziers Hérault players South African expatriate rugby union players in France Alumni of Paul Roos Gymnasium