Louis Schreuder

Louis Schreuder

Personal information
Born	(1990-04-25) 25 April 1990 Paarl, South Africa
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
School(s) attended	Paarl Gimnasium
University	Stellenbosch University
Club information
Playing position	Scrum-half
Current club	Stormers
Youth career
2006–11	Western Province
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Pts)†
2010–	Western Province	55	(15)
2011–	Stormers	54	(5)
2016–	Kubota Spears	0	(0)
Representative team(s)‡
2010	South Africa U20	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 2 November 2015. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 14 April 2013.

Louis Schreuder (born 25 April 1990) is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a scrum-half for the Stormers in Super Rugby and for Kubota Spears in the Japanese Top League.

Career

Born and raised in the Western Cape, Schreuder came through the ranks at Western Province and made his senior debut against Border during the 2010 Vodacom Cup. Super Rugby caps arrived the following year as he took advantage of injuries to regular scrum-halves Dewaldt Duvenage and Ricky Januarie to earn valuable game time towards the end of the season. Januarie's departure ahead of the 2012 season saw Schreuder become the regular back-up to Duvenage and he made 14 substitute appearances during the campaign. More game time arrived in the 2012 Currie Cup and he earned his first piece of senior rugby silverware as a 68th-minute substitute for Nic Groom as Western Province upset the Sharks 25–18 in Durban to land their 33rd Currie Cup title.

2013 saw Schreuder take his game to a new level and with Dewaldt Duvenage announcing he would join French Top 14 side Perpignan at the conclusion of the 2013 Super Rugby season he saw much more action. He started 6 games and made 4 substitute appearances as himself, Duvenage and Groom were all rotated throughout the campaign. However, come the 2013 Currie Cup he appeared to have established himself ahead of Nic Groom as Province's first-choice scrum-half. He played in all 12 of his side's matches during the season, including 9 starts as the Western Cape outfit reached their 2nd consecutive Currie Cup Final. Schreuder was named in the starting line-up and was substituted in the 52nd minute as the Shark's gained revenge on Western Province with a surprise 33–19 victory at Newlands.

International

Schreuder was vice-captain of the South Africa Under 20 team that competed in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship in Argentina.

An injury crisis during the 2013 Incoming test series meant he received a call-up for the national team, the Springboks on 11 June 2013. He didn't get any game time, but he was again named in the Springbok squad for the 2013 end-of-year test series games against Wales, Scotland and France. Once more Schreuder was unable to earn a slot in the matchday squad but gained valuable experience training alongside fellow scrum-halves Fourie du Preez, Ruan Pienaar and Jano Vermaak.

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 21 June 2015

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Cons	Pens	Drops	Points	Yel	Red
2011	Stormers	3	2	1	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	Stormers	14	0	14	171	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	Stormers	10	6	4	435	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
2014	Stormers	12	4	8	347	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Stormers	15	4	11	381	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		54	16	38	1466	1	0	0	0	5	0	0