Full name Kevin Buys Height 1.91 m Weight 120 kg | Name Kevin Buys Career start 2007 Playing position Role Rugby Player | |
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Born 26 April 1986 (age 38) Benoni, South Africa ( 1986-04-26 ) | ||
School(s) attended Hoerskool Dr EG Jansen | ||
Kevin Buys (born 26 April 1986) is a South African rugby union player who plays with Brive in the French Top 14 competition.
Career
He started his playing career at the 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.
He then returned to South Africa and joined the Golden Lions team in 2009. He played for them in the domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions, as well as for the Lions in the Super Rugby competition. At the start of 2012, he linked up with the Eastern Province Kings. He was also named in the Kings squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.
In 2013, he rejoined French Top 14 side CA Brive for a second time.