Arthur Bouwer

Arthur Bouwer
Personal information
Full name Arthur Christo Bouwer
Born (1989-12-05) 5 December 1989
Sasolburg, South Africa
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
School(s) attended HTS Windhoek
Club information
Playing position Scrum-half
Current club Suspended
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2015–2016 Welwitschias 11 (0)
Representative team(s)‡
2012–2016 Namibia 15 (5)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 1 December 2016.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 1 December 2016.

Arthur Christo Bouwer (born 5 December 1989) is a South African-born Namibian rugby union player, that played international rugby for the Namibia national team between 2012 and 2016. He also played for the Welwitschias in the South African Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup competitions.[1] He usually played as a scrum-half.

He is currently serving a four-year suspension after failing a drugs test.

Rugby career

Bouwer was born in Sasolburg in South Africa, but grew up in Windhoek. He made his test debut for Namibia in July 2012 against Senegal in Madagascar, and quickly established himself as a regular for the national team, making 15 appearances over the next four years.[2]

He also represented the Welwitschias in the South African domestic Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup competitions in 2015 and 2016, making eleven appearances.

In June 2016, he represented Namibia at the 2016 World Rugby Nations Cup in Bucharest, where he tested positively for banned substance chlorodehydromethyltestosterone. World Rugby imposed a four-year ban on Bouwer, ruling him out of action until 11 July 2020.[3]

External links

References

  1. ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Arthur Bouwer". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Arthur Bouwer - Test matches". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bouwer slapped with 4-year ban for doping". New Era. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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