Johan du Toit
| Full name | Johannes Willem du Toit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 September 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hoërskool Swartland, Malmesbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative | Pieter-Steph du Toit (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johannes Willem du Toit (born 8 September 1995) is a South African rugby union player, whom began his youth career with Swartland High-school for Boland before representing the Stormers in Super Rugby and Western Province in the Currie Cup as well as the Rugby Challenge.[1] He has played as a flanker and a lock.
Rugby career
[edit | edit source]2008–2013: Schoolboy rugby
[edit | edit source]Du Toit was born in Cape Town, but grew up in the nearby Swartland area of the Western Cape. He was selected to represent his local Boland Cavaliers union at both the Under-13 Craven Week in 2008 and the Under-18 Craven Week in 2013.
2014–2016: Sharks
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2017–present: Western Province
[edit | edit source]At the start of 2017, Du Toit moved to Cape Town, where he joined the Western Province Currie Cup team.[2]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Du Toit is the younger brother of Pieter-Steph, also a professional rugby player that represented the South African national team since 2013.[2] The two brothers were contracted to the Sharks at the same time (in 2014 and 2015) before reuniting at the Stormers from 2017 onwards.