Pieter-Steyn de Wet (born 8 January 1991) is a South African

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player for Floirac in the French

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. His usual position is

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. Paarl Gymnasium High School De Wet attended the prestigious Paarl Gymnasium where he formed part of the 2008 1st XV which ended unbeaten and top of the SA schools log. They also destroyed the biggest winning margin record (35-8) in their annual interschools fixture against Paarl Boys’ High. A fixture that is regarded as the biggest schoolboy match in the world, attracting crowds from across the globe. Western Province After school he joined

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where he won the u19

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with a star studded team filled with future

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including

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, Eben Etsebeth,

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. Free State Cheetahs and Shimlas After a successful 2010 season with

he agreed terms with SA u/20 coach Pine Pienaar to join the

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. Pieter enjoyed an extended run in the

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’ junior- and

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teams and was included in the 2012 senior

squad while still under 21. De Wet represented the

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in the 2013 Varsity Cup season making 6 appearances. He also previously made 4 substitute appearances for the

during the

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. In April 2013 he moved west to join the who were suffering a fly-half crisis due to Burton Francis and

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being called into the

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squad. He made his debut in a 47–31 defeat to the on 5 April 2013 and made five starts. After his stint at the

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he was lured back to

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and made his

debut for the

in Kimberley, converting 3 tries in their 36-25 win over the

. Between 2013 and 2015 de Wet represented the

and enjoyed stints with the

before signing with the

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for two seasons. Southern Kings He represented the

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-based side during the 2016

season and formed part of the 2017

squad. De Wet scored a late try to record an epic win over the Sharks in

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which highlighted their successful season. He went on to claim 11 selections in the colors of the

in their 2017

season before the franchise got promoted to the Guinness PRO14. He made his Guinness PRO14 debut against the Italian outfit

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on 23 September 2017, scoring two conversions and one penalty in their debut campaign before signing a deal to join French

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side

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ahead of their 2018/19 season. In the summer of 2020 the newly promoted CM Floirac Rugby kicked off a big recruitment project and surprised with the signing of De Wet from ProD2. He immediately made an impact by scoring all the team’s points in their last two encounters and concluded the short three-match season on a 100% kicking record from the tee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:De Wet, Pieter-Steyn South African rugby union players Living people 1991 births People from Theewaterskloof Local Municipality Griquas (rugby union) players Free State Cheetahs players Rugby union fly-halves Afrikaner people Alumni of Paarl Gimnasium Southern Kings players Rugby union players from the Western Cape