Simon Bolze

Simon Bolze

Full name	Simon Nord Bolze
Date of birth	(1995-07-30) 30 July 1995
Place of birth	Queenstown, South Africa
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb; 13 st 3 lb)
School	Queen's College
University	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half / Inside centre Current team [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] Youth Career 2011–2013 [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] 2014 [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] 2015–2016 [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2016 [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] 6 (21) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2016–2018 [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] 19 (59) Correct as of 27 October 2018

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Simon Nord Bolze (born 30 July 1995) is a South African rugby union player who last played for the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. His usually plays as a fly-half, but can also play as an inside centre.

Rugby career

2011–13: Schoolboy rugby / Border

Bolze was selected to represent his local provincial union, Border, on two occasions at high school level; he played for them at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2011, and also at the premier South African high schools rugby union tournament, the Under-18 Craven Week held in Polokwane in 2013, where he contributed 13 points with the boot in their 38–20 victory over Namibia.

2014: Blue Bulls

After high school, Bolze moved to Pretoria where he joined the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] academy. He started four matches for the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]]s in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship and played off the bench in three more matches. He scored 47 points in his seven appearances – the eighth-most in Group A of the competition and the third-highest for the Blue Bulls – which included a personal haul of 16 points in a match against the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]]s, which also saw him score his only try in the competition. He was also named on the bench for the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]]s' match against [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]], but remained an unused replacement.

2015–: Eastern Province Kings / NMMU Madibaz

For 2015, Bolze returned to the Eastern Cape, joining the Port Elizabeth-based [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]]. He made six appearances for the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] team in the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A, their first season at that level after winning promotion from Group B in 2014. After starting the first five matches in a row, kicking 16 points, he missed several matches through injury before returning for one more match against his former side, the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]]s.

In 2016, he started the season by playing Varsity Cup rugby with the local university team, the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]]. He made six appearances for the team – starting five of those – and kicked 21 points. It was a disappointing season overall, though, as the team finished second-bottom on the log. After the 2016 Varsity Cup, Bolze was one of several youngsters that were included in the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] squad that competed in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series. He made his first class debut in their second match of the season, starting against the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] and kicking one conversion in an 18–37 defeat. He scored his first senior try in his second appearance in a 14–28 defeat against the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] and also started in a 31–18 win over Namibian side the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] in Windhoek a week later. However, he picked up an ankle injury during that match, which saw him miss the next few weeks of action.

References

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