Nicolaas Uys
FIRST NAMES Jacobus Nicolaas
SURNAME Uys
DATE OF BIRTH 14 November 1996 (23 years)
IDENTITY NUMBER 9611145108085
NATIONALITY South African
SECONDARY SCHOOL Paarl Gymnasium
HEIGHT 190 cm
WEIGHT 110 kg
POSITION loose forward/lock (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
PERMIT permanent residency in Czech republic
PASSPORT South African passport
TEAM 2020 RC Sparta Praha
Description
STRENGTH
Fast and mobile, strong ball carrier and a very good defender. Love to take the ball up for a fast second
ruck. Has a very strong upper body. Good ball sense.
WEAKNESS
Sometimes over eager and too aggressive.
RUGBY PLAYING HISTORY
Primary school: Noord Eind, Paarl
Played from U8 till U13 first team.
High school: Paarl Gymnasium
2012 – started playing rugby for the U16 second team
2013 – played for the U19 second and third team (Forward of the year award)
2014 – played for the U19 second team. Also captain the side. Got injured – knee operation
2015 – played for the first team U19 of Paarl Gymnasium
Awards
North South Tournament – Man of the match
Port Elizabeth – Queens College – Man of the match
Stellenbosch – Paul Roos Gymnasium – Man of the match
Rondebosch – Bishops – Man of the match
Cape Town – Tygerberg – Man of the match
I played first team in the local interschools and received my cap. This is the biggest interschools in the
world. Thirty thousand people attended this match. Paarl Gymnasium high school is one of the biggest
and well known rugby schools in the world, which produced several Springboks, as well as our World
Cup 2015 Springbok captain, Jean de Villiers.
2016 – went to Australia to play rugby for the Unicorns Melbourne
2016 – started to play second league for the Unicorns Melbourne
2016 – played 3 games 1st league – won the first league in Melbourne, I had to return to South Africa
due to Visa problems
2016 – played for the Griffons U20 and won the U20 Currie Cup title
2017 – went to Prague (Czech republic) to play rugby
2017 – played for RC OIymp Praha (we won the league)
2018 – played first team for RC Sparta Praha
2019 – played for the invitational Penguins Internation Rugby Football Club that played and won
against the Czech national team
2019 – played for RC Sparta Praha extra league and won the league
2020 – currently playing for RC Sparta Praha, part of the squat of czech national team (played warm up
match in France against RC Rillieux – Federal 2), all Rugby Europe Trophy matches are cancelled due
to covid-19 situation, so hopefully I can make my official international rugby debut next year
Additional information
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Player Position | 4-5 Second Row, 6 Blinside Flanker, 7 Outside Flanker, 8 Number |