Ryno Eksteen

Ryno Eksteen

Personal information
Full name	Ryno Eksteen
Born	3 October 1994 Centurion, South Africa
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
School(s) attended	Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, Pretoria
Club information
Playing position	Fly-half / Full-back
Current club	Cheetahs / Free State Cheetahs
Youth career
2010–2012	Blue Bulls
2015	Western Province
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2014	Stormers	1	(0)
2015	Western Province	2	(0)
2017–future	Cheetahs	0	(0)
2017–future	Free State Cheetahs	0	(0)
Representative team(s)^‡
2012	South Africa Schools	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 8 August 2016. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 25 February 2014.

Ryno Eksteen (born 3 October 1994 in Centurion) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Cheetahs in Super Rugby and the Free State Cheetahs in the domestic Currie Cup.^[1] His regular position is fly-half or full-back.

Career

Eksteen represented the Blue Bulls in the 2010 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week competition and in the 2012 Under-18 Craven Week tournament, where he was top points scorer for the tournament and helped the Blue Bulls win the unofficial final against the Golden Lions.^[2] His performance saw him called up to the 2012 South African Schools side^[3] that played against France,^[4] Wales^[5] and England^[6] in August 2012.

He joined the Western Province Rugby Institute for the 2013 season^[2] – moving in the opposite direction to Western Province's Craven Week and fellow S.A. Schools fly-half Handré Pollard, who joined the Blue Bulls. However, a knee injury ruled him out of action for the 2013 season.^[7]

Stormers

He was included in the pre-season training squad for the Stormers prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season^[8] and also made the final Stormers squad.^[9]

He made his Super Rugby debut in the opening match of the season, a 34–10 loss to the Lions.^[10] Incredibly, he played Super Rugby without making any appearances in the South African domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions, or even playing at Under-21 or Under-19 level for Western Province.

References

1. "SA Rugby Player Profile – Ryno Eksteen". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
2. "WP sign young flyhalves". Sport24. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
3. "SARU names SA School Squad of 28". SuperSport. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
4. "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 17-7 France". South African Rugby Union. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
5. "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 24-16 Wales". South African Rugby Union. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
6. "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 36-29 England". South African Rugby Union. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
7. "Ryno Eksteen : The Stormers". Stormers. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
8. "DHL Stormers announce 2014 pre-season squad". Stormers. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
9. "SA Rugby Squad – DHL Stormers : 2014 Vodacom Super Rugby". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
10. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Lions 34-10 DHL Stormers". South African Rugby Union. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.