Deon Carstens

Deon Carstens

Date of birth	June 3, 1979 (1979-06-03) (age 32)
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	115 kg (250 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Prop
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2001	The Sharks	85	(45)
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2001	Sharks	9	(0)

Pieter-Deon Carstens, better known simply as Deon Carstens, (born 3 June 1979 in Goodwood, Cape Town) is a South African rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Stormers in Super Rugby. He signed from Saracens in the domestic Aviva Premiership.

Career

Carstens attended Franschoek Primary and Boland High School and represented the South African Under 19 side in 1998 at tight head prop.^[2] Carstens made his senior provincial and Super rugby debut in 2001 for the Sharks. He was selected to tour Europe with the South African national side in 2002 and made his test debut on that tour, against Scotland on 16 November 2002. Scotland won the match by a record score of 21 points to 6.^[3] Carstens has represented South Africa in a total of 7 test matches up until the end of 2007. Over the same period, he has represented the Sharks 62 times at Super Rugby level and 60 times in the Currie Cup.^[4] He is a versatile player who can cover either side of the front row, but now prefers loosehead prop. In April 2010 it was announced that Carstens had agreed to join the Saracens FC for the 2010–2011 season. In November 2012, it was announced that he returned to South Africa to join the Stormers for the 2012 Super Rugby season.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Saracens". web page. Premier Rugby. http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/rugby/saracens.php?section=1. Retrieved 24 September 2011. 
2. ^ "Player profiles". SA Rugby website. http://www.sarugby.net/profiles.asp. 
3. ^ "Springbok rugby hall of fame". G Enslin. http://www.gensling.us/bokke. 
4. ^ "Sharks player profiles". Sharks Website by Michael Marnewick. http://www.sharksrugby.co.za/default.asp?cId=15342&des=content. 
5. ^ "WP/Stormers player movement". SuperSport. 2011-11-10. http://www.supersport.com/rugby/sa-rugby/news/111110/WPStormers_player_movement. 

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Name	Carstens, Deon
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Date of birth	3 June 1979
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
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