Allen Stephan de Wit (born 1 January 1992) is a South African professional rugby player, currently playing for the Lokomotive rugby team in Penza, Russia. His regular position is flanker.

Career

Youth career

Youth and Varsity rugby

De Wit appeared for the at several youth tournaments, including the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2008 and the Under-18

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tournament in both 2009 and 2010. He then moved to

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-based side the in 2011, where he participated in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship tournament. He also represented them at Under-21 level in

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and

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. He also made two appearances for in the 2013 Varsity Cup, against the in

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and a home match against .

Senior career

Golden Lions / Lions

His senior debut came for the in the

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competition, coming on as a second-half substitute in the ' 23–16 loss to the in

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. Six more

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appearances followed in the same season. De Wit played no first class rugby in 2013, but did score eight tries in 13 appearances during the

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competition, including a hat-trick against the side and a brace against the side. He returned to first team action in 2014, being included in the squad for the

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competition. After one appearance against former side the , an injury to

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led to De Wit's inclusion on the bench for their

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match against the , with De Wit appearing in the 62nd minute for his

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debut. De Wit was included in the ' squad for the

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, but failed to make any appearances in the competition. However, he featured in all twelve of the ' matches in the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division, scoring two tries as he helped the Lions to win all ten of their matches during the regular season, their 44–33 win over the in the semi-final and their 32–24 win over in the final to win the title for the eleventh time in their history.

Stormers / Western Province

At the start of 2017, De Wit moved to

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, where he joined the

team and the

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team. However, less than a week after being unveiled as a player, De Wit broke his ankle during a training session, ruling him out for an extended period of time. De Wit made his return, making his debut for the Stormers against the Sunwolves. He also carried on to represent the Western Province six times in the 2017 Currie Cup Premier Division. Western Province went on to win the 2017 Currie Cup Premier Division, which makes De Wit one of the few players who can claim to be a two-time winner of Premier Competition, the Currie Cup.

Southern Kings/ Eastern Province Elephants

At Southern Kings, de Wit played in the Guinness Pro 14 and represented the Southern Kings 9 times. He then moved to the Eastern Province Elephants in Port Elizabeth where he played 10 games.

Strela-Agro Rugby which is in Kazan, Russia

At the end of 2019, de Wit made the move abroad to Strela-Agro Rugby which is in Kazan, Russia coached by JP Nel. Strela has competed in the Russian Premier League, Russian Championship and the Russian Cup. de Wit represented Strela in 17 games scoring 6 tries in total. At the end of 2020 de Wit moved to club VVA Podmoskovye.

VVA Podmoskovye

De Wit made more than 30 appearances for VVA Podmoskovye and assisted them to a 3rd place in the russian premiership for the first time since 2018 scoring a total of 55 points in one season. He represented VVA on the 7s circuit in the same year.

Penza Lokomotive

He made a move to Penza Lokomotive where he will be looking to represent them for 2022 season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:De Wit, Stephan South African rugby union players Living people 1992 births People from Vereeniging Golden Lions players Lions (United Rugby Championship) players Southern Kings players Rugby union players from Gauteng Stormers players Lokomotiv Penza players Western Province (rugby union) players Eastern Province Elephants players Rugby union flankers