Christiaan Roets

Christiaan Roets

Personal information
Born	(1980-09-05) 5 September 1980 (age 44) Pretoria, South Africa
Playing information
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
Position	Centre, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2010–11 South Wales 41 12 0 0 48 2012–16 North Wales 70 9 0 0 36 2016–17 South Wales 37 12 0 0 48 Total 148 33 0 0 132 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009–17 Wales 24 13 0 0 52
Source: [1][2][3]

Christiaan Roets (born 5 September 1980) is a former semi-professional rugby league footballer who represented the Welsh national team, most notably at the 2011 Four Nations, 2013 World Cup, and 2017 World Cup. He primarily played as a centre for the South Wales Scorpions and the North Wales Crusaders.

Background

Roets was born in South Africa.^[4]

Playing career

Roets played for the Swansea Valley Miners and the Bridgend Blue Bulls in the Wales amateur competition.^[5] In 2009, he played two matches for the Crusaders RL in the Super League reserve grade.^[5]

After two seasons with the South Wales Scorpions, Roets joined the North Wales Crusaders in 2012.^[6] He returned to the Scorpions early in the 2016 season.^[7]

Representative career

Roets made his international début for Wales against Serbia at the 2009 European Cup, scoring three tries in a man of the match performance.^[4] He also featured in the European Cup Championship Final against Scotland scoring one try.^[8] Roets scored a try for Wales in their game against England in the 2012 Tri-Nations.^[9]

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.^[10] 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.

Roets also represented Wales Students (scoring five tries in twelve matches) and Wales Amateurs (scoring four tries in nine matches) during his career.^[5]

Post-playing career

On 3 March 2022, Roets was announced as team manager of the Wales men's national team ahead of the 2021 World Cup.^[5]

References

1. "Total stats". scorpionsrl.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011.
2. "Professional Clubs". wrl.wales. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
3. "Christiaan Roets – Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
4. "Serbia 8 Wales 88 – Full match report with quotes". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
5. "Christiaan Roets appointed Wales men's team manager". wrl.wales. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
6. "Roets switches Welsh clubs". Love Rugby League. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
7. "Roets signs with South Wales Scorpions". Love Rugby League. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
8. "EUROPEAN CUP FINAL – WALES 28 SCOTLAND 16". RLEF. 9 September 2009. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
9. "Autumn International Series: England thrash Wales". BBC Sport. 27 October 2012.
10. "RLEF." rlef.eu.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

External links

• (archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at rlwc2017.com