Rudolph Martinus Britz (born 3 March 1989 in

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) is a South African

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player who last played for the . His regular position is prop.

Career

Youth / CUT Ixias

Britz was selected to represent the at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week competition in 2005 and at the Under-18

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competition the following year. In 2007, he represented them at the Under-18 Academy Week and also played for the side in the 2007 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He also played for them in the 2008 Under-19 Provincial Championship and for the side at the 2010 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He represented university side in the first two editions of the

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competition. He scored a try for CUT in their match against on their way to the final of the 2011 Varsity Shield, which they won by beating 25–18 to be crowned the first ever Varsity Shield champions. He played in all nine matches for them during the 2012 Varsity Shield, scoring three tries en route to their second consecutive final. They finished on the losing side in 2012, however, going down 17–19 to .

Griffons

After his 2012 Varsity Shield season, he also became involved with the senior side. He was included in their squad for the

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season and made a total of fifteen appearances. He only started two of those matches, appearing as a replacement for Sarel Louw in the other matches, as the Griffons finished third on the log to qualify to the semi-finals of the competition. His first class debut came in their match against the in Kempton Park and he scored two tries during the competition – one in his second start (and eighth appearances) for the Griffons in their match against the Falcons in

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and another in their semi-final match to , a last-minute try which wasn't enough to prevent the Griffons slipping to a 30–37 defeat. At the end of the season, he won the Junior of the Year and Most Improved Player at the Griffons' end-of-year awards. He appeared in all seven of the ' matches 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 ...

and appeared eight times for the side in the

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season, with the Griffons missing out on a semi-final spot in both competitions. Five appearances followed in the

2014 Vodacom Cup The 2014 Vodacom Cup was played between 7 March and 16 May 2014 and was the 17th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. This edition of the Vodacom Cup was played between fourteen provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Cu ...

. He also made a single appearance in their 2014 Currie Cup First Division season, playing in their final regular season stage match against the . The Griffons qualified for the semi-finals by finishing second on the log, secured a 45–43 victory over the in the semi-final and got a 23–21 win in the final against the in

to win their first trophy for six years.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Britz, Rudi South African rugby union players Living people 1989 births People from Matjhabeng Local Municipality Rugby union props Griffons (rugby union) players Rugby union players from the Free State (province)