Career
He primarily plays as a lock. Roux currently plays for Irish provincial side Connacht in the Pro12. Early career
Roux"s performances for Western Province led to a call up for Super Rugby side, the Stormers.
Leinster
In June 2012 it was announced that Roux was moving to Irish provincial team Leinster on a one-year deal.
He joined the squad for the 2012-2013 season. Roux played in nine games in the 2012-2013 Pro12, starting in seven of these.
After the team were knocked down to the 2012-2013 European Challenge Cup, however, Roux featured in each of Leinster"s matches. He made his European debut as a replacement against London Wasps in the quarter-final, before also coming on as a replacement against Biarritz.
Roux then started for Leinster in the Challenge Cup final against Stade Français, which saw Leinster crowned champions.
He extended his contract with Leinster in March 2013, signing a two-year extension to the original deal. In the following season, Roux made seven appearances in the Pro12, with all but one of his appearances coming as starts. Roux also made a replacement appearance against Castres the following week.
= Loan to Connacht Ahead the 2014-2015 season, it was announced Roux was joining Connacht, another Irish province, on a loan deal to last until 31 December 2014.
The move to Connacht saw him reunited with his former Western Province teammate Danie Poolman. Roux made his Connacht debut on 6 September 2014, when he started against Newport Gwent Dragons in the first game of the 2014-2015 Pro12, and played the full 80 minutes in a Connacht victory.
Roux continued to feature regularly for Connacht, and extended his loan deal for the remainder of the season, taking him to the end of his contract with Leinster. lieutenant was announced in January 2015 that at the end of his contract with Leinster Roux would join Connacht permanently, with the second row signing a deal to take him up to the summer of 2017.