Marcel van der Merwe

Marcel van der Merwe

Personal information
Born	(1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 Welkom, South Africa
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	128 kg (20 st 2 lb)
School(s) attended	Grey College, Bloemfontein
Club information
Playing position	Prop
Current club	Bulls
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Pts)†
2011–12	Free State Cheetahs	32	(65)
2011	Emerging Cheetahs	1	(0)
2011	Free State XV	6	(20)
2012	Cheetahs	3	(0)
2014–	Blue Bulls	20	(5)
2014–	Bulls	38	(25)
Representative team(s)‡
2010	S.A. Under-20	5	(10)
2014–	South Africa	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 1 May 2016. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 17 October 2015.

Marcel van der Merwe (born 24 October 1990) is a South African rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is prop. He represents the Bulls in Super Rugby.

He was included in the Bulls squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season and made his debut in a 31–16 defeat to the Sharks in Durban.

Representative rugby

In May 2014, Van der Merwe was one of eight uncapped players that were called up to a Springbok training camp prior to the 2014 mid-year rugby union tests.

External links

• SA rugby profile
• itsrugby.co.uk profile

Springbok statistics

Test Match Record

Against	Pld	W	D	L	Tri	Con	Pen	DG	Pts	%Won
Australia	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	50
New Zealand	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	50
Scotland	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
Total	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	60

Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Con = Conversions, Pen = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points Scored