Kevin Luiters (born 2 July 1992) 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 for the in the

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. His regular position is scrum-half.

Career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

Luiters played for Border at the 2005 Under-13 Craven Week before joining

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-based side the . He represented them in two youth tournaments – at Under-16 level at the 2008 Grant Khomo Week (which led to his inclusion in the South African Under-16 Elite Squad) and at Under-18 level at the 2010

Craven Week The Craven Week is an annual rugby union tournament organised for schoolboys in the Republic of South Africa. The tournament started in July 1964, and is named after the legendary Springbok rugby union player and coach Dr Danie Craven. The tou ...

(which led to his inclusion in the South African Under-18 High Performance Squad). Luiters then played for the team in the 2010 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition and for the team in the

2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship The 2012 ABSA Under-21 Provincial Championship will be contested from 13 July to 27 October 2012. The tournament will feature the Under-21 players from the fourteen provincial rugby unions in South Africa. Competition Division A There are seven p ...

and

2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship The 2013 ABSA Under-21 Provincial Championship will be contested from 12 July to 26 October 2013. The tournament will feature the Under-21 players from the fourteen provincial rugby unions in South Africa. Competition Group A There are seven part ...

competitions. Luiters also played some

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 ...

rugby, representing the in the

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and

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competitions, scoring three tries in sixteen appearances.

Free State Cheetahs

Luiters made his first class debut when he appeared as a substitute in the '

2011 Vodacom Cup The 2011 Vodacom Cup was contested from 25 February to 13 May 2011. The tournament was the 14th edition of the Vodacom Cup, an annual domestic South African rugby union competition, and was played between the fourteen provincial teams in South A ...

match against the and also came on as a substitute against the in the same competition. Two more appearances followed in the

2012 Vodacom Cup The 2012 Vodacom Cup was played between 10 March and 18 May 2012 and was the 15th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions, ...

competition, including his first senior start in their match against the . After making four more appearances for the in the

2013 Vodacom Cup The 2013 Vodacom Cup was played between 9 March and 18 May 2013 and was the 16th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First ...

competition, he finally made his

debut in the

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match against the and scored his first senior try a week later when he dotted down in the 82nd minute.

Eastern Province Kings

On 3 April 2014, Luiters announced that he will join the for the

2014 Currie Cup Premier Division The 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 76th season in the competition since it started in 1889 and was contested from 9 August to 25 October 2014. The tournament (known as the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) is the ...

season. He signed a contract with the Kings until the end of 2017. In June 2014, he was selected in the starting line-up for the side to face during a tour match during a 2014 incoming tour. He made his debut for the Kings, playing the first 53 minutes as the Kings suffered a 12–34 defeat. He appeared as a replacement in the Eastern Province Kings' opening match of the season against and had an immediate impact, scoring a try five minutes after coming on. However, it proved to be a mere consolation try as Western Province ran out 35–16 winners. He made a total of eight appearances during the

, but finished on the losing side in each of those appearances as the Kings finished bottom of the log.

Personal

Luiters is the nephew of

Allister Coetzee Allister Coetzee (born in Makhanda) is a South African rugby union coach and former player, currently in charge of the Namibian national team on a part time basis, whilst also head coach of Rugby Rovigo in Italy. He served as the head coach o ...

, former player and former coach of and the .

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