Steven Kitshoff

Steven Kitshoff

Personal information
Born	(1992-02-10) 10 February 1992 Somerset West, South Africa
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	120 kg (18 st 13 lb)
School(s) attended	Paul Roos Gymnasium
Club information
Playing position	Loosehead Prop
Current club	Bordeaux
Youth career
2005–12	Western Province
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Pts)†
2011–15	Western Province	39	(5)
2011–15	Stormers	60	(0)
2015–	Bordeaux	0	(0)
Representative team(s)‡
2012	South Africa U20	5	(5)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 2 November 2015. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 14 April 2013.

Steven Kitshoff (born (1992-02-10)10 February 1992) is a South African rugby union footballer. His playing position is loosehead prop. He represents Bordeaux in the French Top 14, having played for the Stormers in Super Rugby and Western Province in the Currie Cup.

Kitshoff was a member of the South Africa Under 20 team that won the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship. In addition, Kitshoff was part of the Western Province team that won the 2012 Currie Cup.

Kitshoff attended Hendrik Louw Primary School and Paul Roos Gymnasium.

Career

Western Province and Stormers

Kitshoff first broke through during the 2011 season, making 5 substitute appearances for the Stormers and then 5 Currie Cup appearances for Western Province while still only a teenager. He became more of a regular during 2012, nailing down the number 1 jersey for both the Stormers and Western Province and also winning the Currie Cup title with Province in an impressive win over the Sharks in Durban. His 2013 Super Rugby campaign was solid and he carried that form into the Currie Cup later in the year where he was an ever present as Province reached a second consecutive Currie Cup final this time going down at home to the Sharks. 2014 was a year of frustration as he succumbed to a season-ending injury towards the back-end of the Super Rugby season and this ruled him out of Western Province's successful Currie Cup campaign in which they lifted the title for the second time in three years with a narrow win over the Golden Lions at Newlands.

Bordeaux

In February 2015, it was revealed that Kitshoff would join French Top 14 side Bordeaux at the conclusion of the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division season.

International rugby

On 28 May 2016, Kitshoff was included in a 31-man South Africa squad for their three-test match series against a touring Ireland team.

Super Rugby statistics

As of 21 June 2015

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Cons	Pens	Drops	Points	Yel	Red
2011	Stormers	5	0	5	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	Stormers	15	15	0	1145	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	Stormers	15	15	0	1158	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	Stormers	10	10	0	671	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Stormers	15	15	0	987	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total		60	55	5	4087	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

External links

• SA rugby profile
• Stormers profile
• itsrugby.co.uk profile