Kevin Buys

{{Short description|South African rugby union player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Kevin Buys

| image =

| fullname = Kevin Buys

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|04|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Benoni, South Africa

| height = {{height|m=1.91}}

| weight = {{cvt|120|kg|lb stlb}}

| nickname =

| occupation =

| school = Hoërskool Dr EG Jansen

| university = University of Pretoria

| relatives = Father Stephanus Johannes van Coller. (STEVEN, SJ).Id no:6306015127009. Age of death:38 years old.Date of death;2001/08/04. Grave no: A5 section 2B Sterkfontein.

| position = Prop

| currentclub = Beaune

| youthyears1 = 2005–2007

| youthclubs1 = {{Rut|Blue Bulls}}

| years1 = 2007

| clubs1 = {{Rut|Blue Bulls}}

| apps1 = 7

| points1 = 0

| years2 = 2007–2009

| clubs2 = {{Rut|Brive}}

| apps2 = 20

| points2 = 5

| years3 = 2009–2011

| clubs3 = {{Rut|Golden Lions}}

| apps3 = 24

| points3 = 0

| years4 = 2010–2011

| clubs4 = {{Rut|Lions}}

| apps4 = 13

| points4 = 0

| years5 = 2012–2013

| clubs5 = {{Rut|Eastern Province Kings}}

| apps5 = 2

| points5 = 0

| years6 = 2013

| clubs6 = {{Rut|Southern Kings}}

| apps6 = 17

| points6 = 0

| years7 = 2013–2017

| clubs7 = {{Rut|Brive}}

| apps7 = 75

| points7 = 0

| years8 = 2017–2018

| clubs8 = {{Rut|Oyonnax}}

| apps8 = 7

| points8 = 0

| years9 = 2018–present

| clubs9 = Beaune

| apps9 = 0

| points9 = 0

| clubupdate = 10 September 2018

}}

Kevin Buys (born 26 April 1986) is a South African rugby union player for Beaune in the Fédérale 1 in France.{{SA Rugby Player Profile | id=38771 | name=Kevin Buys | date=31 May 2016}}

Career

He started his playing career at the {{Rut|Blue Bulls}} as a youth player. In 2007, he made his debut in the Vodacom Cup competition. He then moved to French club CA Brive in November 2007. He played in the Espoirs (their reserve team), but graduated to the first team. He made 15 appearances for the team in the 2007–08 Top 14 season. He just made a further five appearances for the team the following season, three of those in the 2008–09 European Challenge Cup.{{cite web|work=worldartists.co.za |url=http://www.worldartists.co.za/page/clients/591640-Kevin-Buys |title=Kevin Buys |access-date=25 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227052408/http://www.worldartists.co.za/page/clients/591640-Kevin-Buys |archive-date=27 December 2010 }}

He then returned to South Africa and joined the {{Rut|Golden Lions}} team in 2009. He played for them in the domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions, as well as for the {{Rut|Lions}} in the Super Rugby competition. At the start of 2012, he linked up with the {{Rut|Eastern Province Kings}}. He was also named in the {{Rut|Southern Kings}} squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.

In 2013, he rejoined French Top 14 side CA Brive for a second time.{{cite web | url=http://limousin.france3.fr/2013/06/10/le-pilier-droit-sud-africain-kevin-buys-de-retour-au-ca-brive-267507.html | title=Le pilier droit sud-africain Kevin Buys de retour au CA Brive | publisher=France 3 | work=France 3 | date=10 June 2013 | access-date=11 June 2013 | language=fr}}

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