Garrick Mattheus
{{Short description|South African rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use South African English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox rugby union biography
| name = Garrick Mattheus
| image =
| fullname = Garrick Frederick Mattheus
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|03|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Port Elizabeth, South Africa
| height = {{height|m=1.84}}
| weight = {{cvt|89|kg|lb stlb}}
| nickname =
| occupation =
| school = Grey High School
| university = Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
| relatives =
| position = Fly-half / Fullback
| currentclub = {{Rut|Eastern Province Elephants}}
| youthyears1 = 2014–2017
| youthclubs1 = {{Rut|Eastern Province Kings}}
| years1 = 2016–2017
| clubs1 = {{Rut|Eastern Province Kings}}
| apps1 = 16
| points1 = 82
| years2 = 2018
| clubs2 = {{Rut|Blue Bulls XV}}
| apps2 = 1
| points2 = 0
| years3 = 2019–2021
| clubs3 = {{Rut|Boland Cavaliers}}
| apps3 = 20
| points3 = 167
| years4 = 2022–
| clubs4 = {{Rut|Eastern Province Elephants}}
| apps4 =
| points4 =
| clubupdate = 29 March 2022
}}
Garrick Frederick Mattheus (born 23 March 1996) is a South African rugby union player for the {{Rut|Boland Cavaliers}} in the Currie Cup and the Rugby Challenge.{{SA Rugby Player Profile | id=143094 | name=Garrick Mattheus | date=22 July 2016}} His regular position is fly-half, but he can also play as a fullback. In 2020, he passed at Rugby Club Valpolicella.{{clarify|What does this mean?|date=October 2020}}
Rugby career
=Youth rugby=
Mattheus was born in Port Elizabeth, where he attended Grey High School. In 2014, he was selected to represent Eastern Province at the Under-18 Academy Week held in Worcester.{{SA Rugby Squad | teamid=21984 | team=Eastern Province | compid=2104 | comp=2014 U18 Academy Week | accessdate=22 July 2016}} His best performance of the tournament came in his first match, as he kicked three penalties and five conversions for a personal points haul of 19 points in their 49–31 victory over the Pumas.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=127654 | homeid=21974 | awayid=21984 | leagueid=2104 | hometeam=Pumas | homescore=31 | awayscore=49 | awayteam=Eastern Province | matchdate=7 July 2014 | date=22 July 2016}} Later in the same year, Mattheus was also drafted into the {{Rut|Eastern Province U19}} squad that competed for their 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship campaign.{{SA Rugby Squad | teamid=21114 | team=EP Kings U19 | compid=2064 | comp=2014 Absa Under 19 Competition | accessdate=22 July 2016}} He played off the bench in a 17–13 victory over {{Rut|Free State U19}}, before starting four of their final five matches of the competition, contributing 18 points with the boot.
He joined the Eastern Province Kings academy on a full-time basis for 2015 and started the Under-19 team's opening match of the 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship season, a 28–15 victory over {{Rut|Free State U19}}.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=146724 | homeid=27644 | awayid=27654 | leagueid=2594 | hometeam=Free State U19 | homescore=15 | awayscore=28 | awayteam=Eastern Province U19 | matchdate=11 July 2015 | date=22 July 2016}} However, he lasted just 21 minutes of the match before being suffering a concussion and didn't feature in their next six matches. He made his return as a replacement in their 34–22 victory against {{Rut|Golden Lions U19}}{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=147504 | homeid=27664 | awayid=27654 | leagueid=2594 | hometeam=Golden Lions U19 | homescore=22 | awayscore=34 | awayteam=Eastern Province U19 | matchdate=5 September 2015 | date=22 July 2016}} and started their 29–10 victory over {{Rut|Free State U19}} a week later.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=147524 | homeid=27654 | awayid=27644 | leagueid=2594 | hometeam=Eastern Province U19 | homescore=29 | awayscore=10 | awayteam=Free State U19 | matchdate=11 September 2015 | date=22 July 2016}} He was used as a replacement in their final two matches of the regular season against the {{Rut|Blue Bulls U19}}s{{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=22 July 2016}} and the {{Rut|Western Province U19}}s,{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=147674 | homeid=27654 | awayid=27644 | leagueid=2594 | hometeam=Eastern Province U19 | homescore=31 | awayscore=15 | awayteam=Free State U19 | matchdate=16 October 2015 | date=22 July 2016}} as Eastern Province finished top of the log, winning eleven of their twelve matches during the season.{{SA Rugby Log | id=2594 | comp=2015 Absa Under 19 Competition | date=22 July 2016}} Mattheus also played off the bench in their 31–15 semi-final victory over Free State, as well in the final, which Eastern Province won by beating the Blue Bulls 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=22 July 2016}} to win the competition for the first time in their history.{{SA Rugby Article | id=3251444 | leagueid=2594 | title=WP young guns, EP clinch junior titles | date=25 October 2015 | accessdate=11 April 2016 | url=http://www.sarugby.co.za/article.aspx?id=3251444&leagueid=2594 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531072609/http://www.sarugby.co.za/article.aspx?id=3251444&leagueid=2594 | url-status=dead | archivedate=31 May 2016}}
=Eastern Province Kings=
In 2016, Mattheus was included in the {{Rut|Eastern Province Kings}} squad that played in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series.{{SA Rugby Squad | teamid=30864 | team=EP Kings | compid=2824 | comp=2016 Currie Cup Qualifying | accessdate=22 July 2016}} He made his first class debut in their 19–14 victory over the {{Rut|Blue Bulls}} on 7 May 2016.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=158404 | homeid=30864 | awayid=30814 | leagueid=2824 | hometeam=EP Kings | homescore=19 | awayscore=14 | awayteam=Vodacom Blue Bulls | matchdate=7 May 2016 | date=22 July 2016}} It took him just four minutes into his debut to score his first points by kicking his first of four penalties in the match. He also scored a conversion to contribute 14 of his team's 19 points in the win. Big points tallies followed in further games, scoring 15 points with the boot in their 35–all draw against the {{Rut|Golden Lions}}{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=158624 | homeid=30804 | awayid=30864 | leagueid=2824 | hometeam=Xerox Golden Lions XV | homescore=35 | awayscore=35 | awayteam=EP Kings | matchdate=28 May 2016 | date=22 July 2016}} and 21 points against a {{Rut|Sharks XV}} through four penalties, two conversions and the first try of his senior career.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=158654 | homeid=30864 | awayid=30754 | leagueid=2824 | hometeam=EP Kings | homescore=26 | awayscore=34 | awayteam=Cell C Sharks XV | matchdate=3 June 2016 | date=22 July 2016}} He finished the competition as the Kings' top scorer with 66 points in his eight appearances.{{SA Rugby Top Scorers | id=2824 | comp=2016 Currie Cup Qualifying | date=22 July 2016}}
References
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{{Eastern Province Elephants squad}}
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Category:South African rugby union players
Category:Rugby union players from Gqeberha
Category:Rugby union fly-halves
Category:Rugby union fullbacks
Category:Eastern Province Elephants players
Category:Boland Cavaliers players