Marthinus Herbert de Beer (born 24 January 1996 in
Pretoria
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,
South Africa
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) is a South African
rugby union
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player for in the
Currie Cup
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and the
Rugby Challenge.
His regular position is fly-half or fullback.
Career
2013
His first provincial representation came in 2013 when he represented the
Pretoria
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Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...
-based Blue Bulls at the Under-18 Academy Week competition. He was the second-highest points scorer at the tournament behind
André Swarts
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of the Free State, scoring 39 points in his three appearances.
2014
In July 2014, he represented the Blue Bulls at the premier high school rugby union competition in South Africa, the Under-18
Craven Week
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The tou ...
held in
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. He scored two tries in their match against KwaZulu-Natal
and a further 37 points with the boot to finish the tournament with a personal tally of 47 points, again finishing in second spot on the points-scoring list, this time behind the Leopards' Markus Coetzer.
After the Craven Week tournament, he was also selected in the 2014
South African Schools squad that played matches against their counterparts from France, Wales and England in August. He was an unused replacement in their 28–13 win in their first match against
France
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,
but started their next match against
Wales
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and had an eventful match, kicking half of South Africa's points in a 40–15 victory through four conversions and four penalties before spending ten minutes in the
sin bin
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later in the match.
He started their final match against
England
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, but could not prevent South Africa losing the match 22–30.
He returned to domestic action to start two matches for the s in the fullback position during the
2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship
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Grou ...
, scoring a try in their match against the s.
2015
De Beer made his first class debut for the during the
2015 Vodacom Cup
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competition. He came on as a replacement for
Kobus Marais
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in the second half of their match against
Namibia
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n side in
Windhoek
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and also got his first senior points in the same match, kicking a 71st-minute conversion in a 44–0 victory for the Blue Bulls.
He started his first match the following week, kicking seven points in the Blue Bulls' 40–21 win over the in Pretoria.
Despite initially not being named in a 37-man
South Africa Under-20 training squad
or playing for them in warm-up matches against a Varsity Cup Dream Team
or two matches during a tour to
Argentina
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,
he was named in the final squad for the
2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
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.
He came on as a replacement in all three of their matches in Pool B of the competition; a 33–5 win against hosts
Italy
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,
a 40–8 win against
Samoa
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and a 46–13 win over
Australia
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.
De Beer kicked one conversion in each of the three matches during the pool stage to help South Africa finish top of Pool B to qualify for the semi-finals with the best record pool stage of all the teams in the competition. He was an unused replacement in their semi-final match against
England
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, which saw South Africa lose 20–28 to be eliminated from the competition by England for the second year in succession.
He again came on as a replacement in their third-place play-off match against
France
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, helping South Africa to a 31–18 win to win the bronze medal.
De Beer captained the s during the
2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A
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.
References
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South African rugby union players
Living people
1996 births
Rugby union players from Pretoria
Rugby union fly-halves
Rugby union fullbacks
Blue Bulls players
South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players
Griquas (rugby union) players
Pumas (Currie Cup) players