Jacobus Johannes van Dyk (born 6 July 1994) is a South African

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player for the in

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. His regular playing positions are number 8,

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or flanker.

Rugby career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

Van Dyk was born in

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and attended school in Caledon. He never represented his local provincial side at schoolboy tournaments, such as the

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. However, after enrolling at the

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, he was selected to represent Western Province at Under-21 level, making three appearances for them in the

2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship The 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship was a rugby union competition held between the Under-21 players from the fourteen provincial rugby unions in South Africa, plus the sub-union. It was contested from 11 July to 25 October 2014. Group A ...

. Van Dyk played six matches for in the

2015 Varsity Cup The 2015 Varsity Cup was contested from 9 February to 13 April 2015. The tournament (also known as the ''FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International'' for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-univ ...

competition, scoring tries in matches against , , and . He made seven starts for during the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship regular season, before dropping to the bench for the title play-offs; he came on as a first-half replacement in their 43–20 victory over the s in the semi-finals, but remained unused in the final, in which his side beat the s 52–17. Van Dyk started eight of Maties' nine matches during the

2016 Varsity Cup The 2016 Varsity Cup was contested from 8 February to 11 April 2016. The tournament (also known as the ''FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International'' for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-unive ...

, repeating his scoring records from 2015 by scoring four tries; two of those came in their 40–0 victory over , and one each against and .

Western Province

Shortly after the 2016 Varsity Cup, Van Dyk was also included in the squad for their

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. He made his first class debut in a 16–24 defeat to a and established himself as the first choice number eight for the duration of the tournament, making nine appearances. Just over two months after making his first class debut, Van Dyk was called into the squad for their final match of the 2016 Super Rugby regular season against the and made his

debut by coming on as a replacement for the final ten minutes of the match.

References

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