Christiaan Roets

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Christiaan Roets
Personal information
Born (1980-09-05) 5 September 1980 (age 41)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Second-row, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–11 South Wales Scorpions 41 12 0 0 48
2012–17 North Wales Crusaders 58 6 0 0 24
2018 West Wales Raiders
Total 99 18 0 0 72
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–16 Wales 23 13 0 0 52
2011 South Africa 1 0 0 0 0
As of [1][2][3]

Christiaan Roets is a Wales international rugby league footballer who plays as a wing, centre or second-row for the West Wales Raiders in Betfred League 1.

He previously played for the Bridgend Blue Bulls in the Welsh rugby league competition, South Wales Scorpions & North Wales Crusaders in the Championship One, and started his rugby league career at Swansea Valley Miners.

Background[]

Roets was born in South Africa.[4]

International career[]

He made his international début in the 2009 European Cup where he earned a "Man of the Match" performance, scoring three tries against the Serbians.[4] He also featured in the European Cup Championship Final against Scotland scoring one try.[5] Roets scored a try for Wales in their game against England in the 2012 Tri-Nations.[6]

He was named in the South African team for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup Qualifiers.

Roets played for Wales in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. Roets was the top scorer for the Welsh, scoring four tries in the Tournament.

In October 2014, Roets played in the 2014 European Cup.[7] He scored a try in the opening game against Scotland.

In October 2015, Roets played in the 2015 European Cup tournament.

In October 2016, Roets played in the 2017 World Cup qualifiers.

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Saas_MCP_Microservice". www.scorpionsrl.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011.
  3. ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  4. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "EUROPEAN CUP FINAL - WALES 28 SCOTLAND 16". RLEF. 9 September 2009. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Autumn International Series: England thrash Wales". 27 October 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ^ "RLEF." www.rlef.eu.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

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