Stephan Lewies

Joseph Stephanus Theuns Lewies (born 27 January 1992) is a South African rugby union player for the Harlequins in the Premiership in England.[1] His regular position is lock.

Stephan Lewies

Full name	Joseph Stephanus Theuns Lewies
Date of birth	27 January 1992
Place of birth	Pretoria, South Africa
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	113 kg (17 st 11 lb; 249 lb)
School	Hoërskool Eldoraigne
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Current team Harlequins Youth career 2011–2013 Sharks Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–2018 Sharks XV 5 (0) 2012–2016 Sharks (Currie Cup) 17 (5) 2014–2018 Sharks 63 (5) 2017–2018 Kamaishi Seawaves 9 (5) 2019 Lions 13 (5) 2019–present Harlequins 14 (5) Correct as of 4 October 2020 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2014 South Africa 1 (0) 2016 South Africa 'A' 1 (0) Correct as of 10 June 2016

Career

Youth

He played for the Sharks U19 side in 2011 and for the Sharks U21s in 2012 and 2013, starting 33 matches for those sides.

Sharks

He was included in the Sharks XV Vodacom Cup side in 2012 and made a late substitute appearance in their match against the Boland Cavaliers in Malmesbury to make his first class debut.[2] Another substitute appearance followed in the 2013 Vodacom Cup, this time in a home match against the Free State XV.[3]

His Currie Cup debut came during the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division season, when he started in their match against the Golden Lions.[4] He remained in the side for the rest of the season, starting two matches in total and making three substitute appearances, including coming on in the Currie Cup final, where he contributed to the Sharks beating Western Province 33–19.[5]

Lewies was also included in the Sharks squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season[6] and made his debut in a 31–16 victory against the Bulls in Durban.[7][8]

International

After Bakkies Botha became unavailable and Flip van der Merwe got injured, Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer called up Lewies for the Test match against Scotland. Lewies made his test debut on 28 June 2014, replacing stand-in captain Victor Matfield in the 55–6 thump over Scotland in Port Elizabeth.

In 2016, Lewies was included in a South Africa 'A' squad that played a two-match series against a touring England Saxons team.[9] He was named in the starting line-up for their first match in Bloemfontein,[10] but ended on the losing side as the visitors ran out 32–24 winners.[11]

External links

• "SA Rugby Player Profile – Stephan Lewies". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
• itsrugby.co.uk profile

References

1. "SA Rugby Player Profile – Stephan Lewies". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
2. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Regent Boland Kavaliers 21-19 Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
3. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Sharks XV 34-33 Toyota Free State XV". South African Rugby Union. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
4. "SA Rugby Match Centre – MTN Golden Lions 25-31 The Sharks". South African Rugby Union. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
5. "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 19-33 The Sharks". South African Rugby Union. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
6. "Sharks 2014 squad" (Press release). Sharks. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
7. "Match Centre: Sharks v Bulls". SANZAR. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
8. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Cell C Sharks 31-16 Vodacom Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
9. "Ackermann to coach SA 'A' against Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 28 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
10. "Youth and experience for SA 'A' opener against Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
11. "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa "A" 24-32 England Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.