Divan Rossouw
{{short description|Namibian rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{Use South African English|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox rugby union biography
| name = Divan Rossouw
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|03|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Windhoek, Namibia
| height = {{height|m=1.87}}
| weight = {{convert|92|kg|stlb lb|0|abbr=on}}
| nickname =
| occupation =
| school = Windhoek Gymnasium
| university = University of Pretoria
| relatives =
| position = Utility back
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 2009–2014
| youthclubs1 = Namibia
| youthyears2 = 2015–2017
| youthclubs2 = {{Rut|Blue Bulls}}
| years1 = 2016–2018
| clubs1 = {{Rut|Blue Bulls XV}}
| apps1 = 20
| points1 = 27
| years2 = 2016–2020
| clubs2 = {{Rut|Blue Bulls}}
| apps2 = 16
| points2 = 5
| years3 = 2018–2020
| clubs3 = {{Rut|Bulls}}
| apps3 = 36
| points3 = 20
| years4 = 2020–2022
| clubs4 = {{Rut|Lions}}
| apps4 = 4
| points4 = 0
| years5 = 2020–2022
| clubs5 = {{Rut|Golden Lions}}
| apps5 = 3
| points5 = 10
| repyears1 = 2015
| repteam1 = Namibia Under-20
| repcaps1 = 4
| reppoints1 = 15
| repyears2 = 2022–
| repteam2 = Namibia
| repcaps2 = 1
| reppoints2 = 0
| clubupdate = 16 September 2022
| repupdate = 23 July 2022
}}
Divan Rossouw (born 12 March 1996) is a Namibian rugby union player, currently playing in South Africa for the {{Rut|Bulls}} in Super Rugby, the {{Rut|Blue Bulls}} in the Currie Cup and the {{Rut|Blue Bulls XV}} in the Rugby Challenge.{{SA Rugby Player Profile | id=49649 | name=Divan Rossouw | date=29 November 2016}} He is a utility back that can play as a fullback, winger, centre or scrum-half.
Rugby career
=2009–2014: Youth rugby / Namibia=
Rossouw was born and grew up in Windhoek. He was selected to represent Namibia as early as primary school level, playing at the South African Under-13 Craven Week tournament held in Kimberley in 2009, starting in the scrum-half position{{SA Rugby Squad | teamid=7448 | team=Namibia | compid=725 | comp=2009 U13 Craven Week | accessdate=29 November 2016}} and helping them to one victory in their match against Zimbabwe.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=18106 | homeid=7448 | awayid=7446 | leagueid=725 | hometeam=Namibia | homescore=22 | awayscore=12 | awayteam=Zimbabwe | matchdate=3 July 2009 | date=29 November 2016}}
In 2012, he appeared for Namibia at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week held in Johannesburg.{{SA Rugby Squad | teamid=14271 | team=Namibia | compid=1391 | comp=2012 U16 Grant Khomo Week | accessdate=29 November 2016}} He played all their matches at outside centre and he contributed 15 points in their 30–13 victory over Zimbabwe, scoring one try, two conversions and two penalties{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=112611 | homeid=14271 | awayid=14311 | leagueid=1391 | hometeam=Namibia | homescore=30 | awayscore=13 | awayteam=Zimbabwe | matchdate=5 July 2012 | date=29 November 2016}} to finish as his side's top scorer in the tournament.{{SA Rugby Top Scorers | id=1391 | comp=2012 U16 Grant Khomo Week | date=29 November 2016}}
He again represented Namibia in 2014 in South Africa's premier rugby union competition for high schools, the Under-18 Craven Week tournament held in Middelburg.{{SA Rugby Squad | teamid=21864 | team=Namibia | compid=2094 | comp=2014 U18 Craven Week | accessdate=29 November 2016}} He scored two tries from the outside centre in their 69–0 victory over Border Country Districts in their second match,{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=132284 | homeid=21864 | awayid=21854 | leagueid=2094 | hometeam=Namibia | homescore=69 | awayscore=0 | awayteam=Border CD | matchdate=17 July 2014 | date=29 November 2016}} and a further two tries from fullback in their final match against Zimbabwe,{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=132614 | homeid=21774 | awayid=21864 | leagueid=2094 | hometeam=Zimbabwe | homescore=25 | awayscore=38 | awayteam=Namibia | matchdate=19 July 2014 | date=29 November 2016}} finishing the tournament as Namibia's top try scorer, just one try behind the joint-top try scorers in the competition.{{SA Rugby Try Scorers | id=2094 | comp=2014 U18 Craven Week | date=29 November 2016}}
=2015–present: Blue Bulls / Bulls=
Rossouw moved to South Africa prior to the 2015 to join the academy of the Pretoria-based side the {{Rut|Blue Bulls}}.{{Cite press release |title=Under 19s welcomed to the Vodacom Blue Bulls family |date=5 January 2015 |publisher=Blue Bulls |url=http://thebulls.co.za/news/2015/01/05/under19 |access-date=29 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129134244/http://thebulls.co.za/news/2015/01/05/under19 |archive-date=29 November 2016 |df=dmy }} He made eleven starts for the {{Rut|Blue Bulls U19}} team during the 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship, starting six matches on the left wing and five at fullback. He scored nine tries during the competition; after single tries in matches against Eastern Province,{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=153884 | homeid=27654 | awayid=27674 | leagueid=2594 | hometeam=Eastern Province U19 | homescore=24 | awayscore=15 | awayteam=Blue Bulls U19 | matchdate=31 July 2015 | date=29 November 2016}} Free State (away),{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=146854 | homeid=27644 | awayid=27674 | leagueid=2594 | hometeam=Free State U19 | homescore=24 | awayscore=42 | awayteam=Blue Bulls U19 | matchdate=8 August 2015 | date=29 November 2016}} Leopards,{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=146884 | homeid=27674 | awayid=27684 | leagueid=2594 | hometeam=Blue Bulls U19 | homescore=17 | awayscore=32 | awayteam=Leopards U19 | matchdate=14 August 2015 | date=29 November 2016}} Western Province{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=146894 | homeid=27674 | awayid=27624 | leagueid=2594 | hometeam=Blue Bulls U19 | homescore=41 | awayscore=32 | awayteam=Western Province U19 | matchdate=22 August 2015 | date=29 November 2016}} and Free State (home),{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=147494 | homeid=27674 | awayid=27644 | leagueid=2594 | hometeam=Blue Bulls U19 | homescore=57 | awayscore=21 | awayteam=Free State U19 | matchdate=4 September 2015 | date=29 November 2016}} he scored two tries in their match against the Sharks.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=147594 | homeid=27634 | awayid=27674 | leagueid=2594 | hometeam=Sharks U19 | homescore=20 | awayscore=31 | awayteam=Blue Bulls U19 | matchdate=25 September 2015 | date=29 November 2016}} One more try followed during the regular season against Eastern Province{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=147624 | homeid=27674 | awayid=27654 | leagueid=2594 | hometeam=Blue Bulls U19 | homescore=49 | awayscore=26 | awayteam=Eastern Province U19 | matchdate=2 October 2015 | date=29 November 2016}} as the Blue Bulls finished the season in second position on the log to qualify for a home semi-final.{{SA Rugby Log | id=2594 | comp=2015 Absa Under 19 Competition | date=29 November 2016}} Rossouw scored his final try of the season in his side's 30–29 victory over {{Rut|Western Province U19}} in the semi-final,{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=147684 | homeid=27674 | awayid=27624 | leagueid=2594 | hometeam=Blue Bulls U19 | homescore=30 | awayscore=29 | awayteam=Western Province U19 | matchdate=16 October 2015 | date=29 November 2016}} but he could not help them to a victory in the final, with {{Rut|Eastern Province U19}} winning 25–23 in Johannesburg.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=147694 | homeid=27654 | awayid=27674 | leagueid=2594 | hometeam=Eastern Province U19 | homescore=25 | awayscore=23 | awayteam=Blue Bulls U19 | matchdate=24 October 2015 | date=29 November 2016}} Rossouw's nine tries meant he was the third-highest try scorer in Group A of the competition behind the Leopards' Zweli Silaule and Rossouw's team-mate Franco Naudé.{{SA Rugby Try Scorers | id=2594 | comp=2015 Absa Under 19 Competition | date=29 November 2016}} In addition to his eleven appearances in the Under-19 competition, Rossouw also made two appearances for the {{Rut|Blue Bulls U21}} team in 2015, scoring one try in their 55–33 victory over the Leopards.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=147064 | homeid=27054 | awayid=27044 | leagueid=2544 | hometeam=Leopards U21 | homescore=33 | awayscore=55 | awayteam=Blue Bulls U21 | matchdate=29 August 2015 | date=29 November 2016}}
Rossouw was included in the {{Rut|Blue Bulls}} squad for the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series{{SA Rugby Squad | teamid=30814 | team=Vodacom Blue Bulls | compid=2824 | comp=2016 Currie Cup Qualifying | accessdate=29 November 2016}} and he made his first class debut in their Round Six match against the {{Rut|Pumas}}, coming on as a replacement just after the hour mark of a 13–25 defeat.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=158454 | homeid=30814 | awayid=30834 | leagueid=2824 | hometeam=Vodacom Blue Bulls | homescore=13 | awayscore=25 | awayteam=Steval Pumas | matchdate=13 May 2016 | date=29 November 2016}} He was named the starting right winger for their next match, a 38–39 defeat to {{Rut|Griquas}} in Kimberley,{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=158554 | homeid=30774 | awayid=30814 | leagueid=2824 | hometeam=Griquas | homescore=39 | awayscore=38 | awayteam=Vodacom Blue Bulls | matchdate=21 May 2016 | date=29 November 2016}} before playing on the left wing against the {{Rut|Leopards}} a week later.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=158594 | homeid=30814 | awayid=30794 | leagueid=2824 | hometeam=Vodacom Blue Bulls | homescore=26 | awayscore=51 | awayteam=Leopards | matchdate=28 May 2016 | date=29 November 2016}} He kicked a conversion in their 57–28 the following week,{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=158704 | homeid=30784 | awayid=30814 | leagueid=2824 | hometeam=Down Touch Griffons | homescore=28 | awayscore=57 | awayteam=Vodacom Blue Bulls | matchdate=4 June 2016 | date=29 November 2016}} to score his first points of his senior career, as started that match at fullback. He was to remain in that position for the remainder of the competition, scoring his first senior try in a 28–23 victory over {{Rut|SWD Eagles}}{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=158864 | homeid=30744 | awayid=30814 | leagueid=2824 | hometeam=SWD Eagles | homescore=23 | awayscore=28 | awayteam=Vodacom Blue Bulls | matchdate=24 June 2016 | date=29 November 2016}} and following that up with tries against the {{Rut|Boland Cavaliers}}{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=158894 | homeid=30814 | awayid=30734 | leagueid=2824 | hometeam=Vodacom Blue Bulls | homescore=26 | awayscore=35 | awayteam=Boland Cavaliers | matchdate=1 July 2016 | date=29 November 2016}} and the team from his home country, the {{Rut|Welwitschias}}.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=159034 | homeid=30814 | awayid=30844 | leagueid=2824 | hometeam=Vodacom Blue Bulls | homescore=95 | awayscore=12 | awayteam=Windhoek Draught Welwitschias | matchdate=15 July 2016 | date=29 November 2016}} He made a total of ten appearances as he helped the Blue Bulls to seventh place on the log.{{SA Rugby Log | id=2824 | comp=2016 Currie Cup Qualifying | date=29 November 2016}} In the second half of the season, Rossouw made five starts for the {{Rut|Blue Bulls U21}} team in the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship, scoring a try in their match against {{Rut|Free State U21}}{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=162804 | homeid=32104 | awayid=32074 | leagueid=2884 | hometeam=Free State U21 | homescore=26 | awayscore=20 | awayteam=Blue Bulls U21 | matchdate=13 August 2016 | date=29 November 2016}} as the Blue Bulls finished third{{SA Rugby Log | id=2884 | comp=2016 SA Rugby U21 Provincial Champs | date=29 November 2016}} before losing 15–37 to trans-Jukskei rivals the Golden Lions in the semi-finals.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=167484 | homeid=32114 | awayid=32074 | leagueid=2884 | hometeam=Golden Lions U21 | homescore=37 | awayscore=15 | awayteam=Blue Bulls U21 | matchdate=14 October 2016 | date=29 November 2016}} Rossouw also made two appearances in the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, South Africa's premier domestic competition, coming on as a replacement in matches against the {{Rut|Pumas}}{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=166294 | homeid=33674 | awayid=33654 | leagueid=3044 | hometeam=Steval Pumas | homescore=14 | awayscore=41 | awayteam=Vodacom Blue Bulls | matchdate=10 September 2016 | date=29 November 2016}} and {{Rut|Boland Cavaliers}}.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=166354 | homeid=33634 | awayid=33654 | leagueid=3044 | hometeam=Boland Kavaliers | homescore=26 | awayscore=48 | awayteam=Vodacom Blue Bulls | matchdate=23 September 2016 | date=29 November 2016}}
In November 2016, he was named in the {{Rut|Bulls}} Super Rugby team's extended training squad during the team's preparations for the 2017 Super Rugby season.{{Cite press release |title=Pollard to return to training next month |date=18 November 2016 |publisher=Bulls |url=http://thebulls.co.za/news/2016/11/18/pollard |access-date=26 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126022553/http://thebulls.co.za/news/2016/11/18/pollard |archive-date=26 November 2016 |df=dmy }}
References
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{{Seattle Seawolves squad}}
{{Namibia 2023 Rugby World Cup squad}}
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