Background
He was born in Portuguese Elizabeth and represented Eastern Province at the 2007 Under 18 Craven Week.
He was born in Portuguese Elizabeth and represented Eastern Province at the 2007 Under 18 Craven Week.
Youth and Lions He then joined the Golden Lions, making his debut for the team in the 2009 Vodacom Cup, which resulted in him being called up to the South Africa national under-20 rugby union team for the 2009 Institutional Review Board Junior World Championship. In 2010, he represented both UJ in the Varsity Cup and Golden Lions in the 2010 Vodacom Cup, culminating a call-up to the Lions Super Rugby team, representing them in their final Super Rugby game of the season against the Cheetahs. He was Golden Lions captain for the 2011 Vodacom Cup competition and made two further Super Rugby appearances.
Kings In 2012, he moved to the Eastern Province Kings.
He made seven appearances for them in the 2012 Vodacom Cup competition, as well as one against a South African Students side. He started all fourteen matches in the 2012 First Division season, as well as both matches in the promotion/relegation matches against the Free State Cheetahs.
He was named in the Kings squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season. He made his debut in the Kings" historic first ever match against the Force, helping them to a 22–10 victory.
He played in all sixteen matches during the season (being one of only three players to do so, Bandise Maku and Shaun Venter being the other two), as well as both the 2013 Super Rugby promotion/relegation matches against the Lions, making a total of thirteen starts and five substitute appearances.
Bulls After the 2013 Super Rugby season, he joined the Blue Bulls, signing a contract at the team until October 2016. Return to the Kings Scarlets In February 2016, he joined Welsh Pro12 side Scarlets on a long-term deal until the summer of 2019. Representative rugby He was named in a South African Barbarians (South) team that faced England during the 2012 mid-year rugby test series.
He was a member of the South America Under-20 team that played at the 2009 Institutional Review Board Junior World Championship.