Career
His regular position is inside centre, but he can also play as a fly-half. Youth Herbert represented the Griffons Under-18 side at the 2010 Academy Week tournament. In the same season, he also made five appearances for the Griffons U19s in the 2010 Under-19 Provincial Championship.
In 2011, he made the step up to the Griffons U21 squad, scoring 32 points for them in five appearances in the 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship, the top scorer for his side.
Griffons He made his first class debut during the 2012 Vodacom Cup, playing off the bench in the Griffons" 10–55 defeat to Griquas in Kimberley. He also made a single appearance during the 2012 First Division, coming on as a late replacement in their 53–33 victory over the Border Bulldogs in East London and played a further six matches for the Griffons U21sin the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship.
He made his first start for the Griffons in their opening match of the 2013 Vodacom Cup as they ran out 50–14 winners against the Limpopo Blue Bulls in their first ever match in Polokwane and played his first senior match in Welkom the following week in a 12–26 defeat to Griquas, marking the occasion by also scoring his first senior try. He made four more appearances and kicked one conversion as the Griffons finish sixth in the Northern Section of the tournament.
Herbert played in two matches in the First Division, which saw the Griffons finish in second spot on the log.
He featured in six of the Griffons" matches during the 2015 Vodacom Cup, with his side once again finishing in sixth spot in the Northern Section. Herbert is the son of Eric Herbert, who played 205 career matches for the Griffons (and their former reincarnation as Northern Free State) between 1986 and 2001, scoring 2608 points to easily be the highest-scoring player in the history of the union.