Full name Roscko Shane Speckman Current club South Africa Sevens 2009–2010 Sharks Weight 81 kg | Playing position 2007–2008 Eastern Province Kings Height 1.76 m | |
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Born 28 April 1989 (age 27)
Grahamstown, South Africa ( 1989-04-28 ) School(s) attended Mary Waters High School,
Grahamstown Team South Africa national rugby sevens team Similar Seabelo Senatla, Philippus Snyman, Justin Geduld, Cecil Afrika, Kyle Brown | ||
Roscko Shane Speckman (born 28 April 1989) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the South Africa Sevens team. His usual position is winger.
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He was a member of the South African Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Youth
At youth level, he played at the 2007 U18 Academy Week for Eastern Province Country Districts and then for the Mighty Elephants (now Eastern Province Kings) U19 team in the 2008 U19 Currie Cup competition.
In 2009, he moved to the Sharks, where he played in their U19 team.
Sharks
He made his debut in the 2010 Vodacom Cup quarter final game against Griquas. He was a first choice player in the U21 team that year, scoring three tries. The following season, he scored four tries in five appearances in the 2011 Vodacom Cup and made another five appearances in the 2012 Vodacom Cup.
Pumas
He joined the Pumas for the 2013 season.
He was a member of the Pumas side that won the Vodacom Cup for the first time in 2015, beating Western Province 24–7 in the final. His only appearance during the season came in the final after returning from South Africa Sevens duty.
Representative rugby
In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup and won the tournament after winning all three matches.
He was also called into a South Africa Sevens training squad in 2013 and was included in the Sevens squad for the USA leg of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.
2016 Summer Olympics
Speckman was included in a 12-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He was named as a substitute for their first match in Group B of the competition against Spain, with South Africa winning the match 24–0.