Arno van Wyk (born 19 May 1994) is a South African professional

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player, currently playing with French side in the

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competition. He usually plays as a hooker.

Rugby career

Blue Bulls

Van Wyk was born in Parow, but was never selected to represent at school level. He moved to

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after school to join the academy prior to the 2013 season and made thirteen appearances for a side that won the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring tries in matches against the Leopards and Border. He made three appearances for in the

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, scoring a try in his side's 26–16 victory over . He made his first class debut on 25 April 2014, coming on as a replacement for the final half an hour of their match against the and scoring a try in his side's 116–0 victory. He made one more appearance as a replacement in the competition and was then called up to the South Africa Under-20 team. He was not initially named in the team, but replaced

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in the squad after he picked up an injury after their first match of the competition. Despite his call-up, Van Wyk failed to make an appearance in the competition. He returned to domestic action to make seven appearances for the s in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship, including in the final which was won by the Blue Bulls after beating Western Province 20–10 in

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. Van Wyk made nine appearances for the Blue Bulls in the

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, starting eight of those. He scored tries in matches against the , and on the Blue Bulls' journey to the semi-final, where they lost 6–10 to . A further nine appearances followed in the Under-21 team's Provincial Championship campaign, where he scored one try in their match against the Leopards.

Montpellier

At the start of 2016, Van Wyk moved to

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to join

side . He joined as a medical joker for the injured Charles Geli, also signing a youth contract with the team. He made his debut for the senior team in their Round 23 match against , replacing Mickaël Ivaldi for the second half of the match, and was named in the senior squad for the 2016–17 season.

References

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