Brendon Michael Snyman (born 21 August 1984) is a South African rugby union player who most recently played for the . His regular position is lock.

Career

Early career

He represented the in the 2003 and 2004 Under–20 competitions.

Brendon Snyman

SWD Eagles

In 2005, he moved to George to play for the , making sixteen appearances in his debut season.

Brendon Snyman

Griquas

He joined in 2006, where he spent the next four seasons and racking up 67 appearances in his time in Kimberley in both the Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup competitions.

Brendon Snyman

Eastern Province Kings

During the 2009 Currie Cup Premier Division, he played one game on loan at the and joined them on a permanent basis in 2010 (when they changed their name to the ), where he made four Vodacom Cup appearances, five Currie Cup appearances (two starts) and one appearance in the pre-season compulsory friendlies.

Leopards

He then joined Potchefstroom-based side the , where he quickly became an established first team player over the next few seasons.

Montauban

He moved to France to join Montauban for the 2014–15 Pro D2 season.

London Welsh

After one season in France, Snyman moved to England to join RFU Championship side London Welsh.

Representative rugby

He was included in the South Africa President's XV squad for the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup and later confirmed as captain of the team. They won the tournament after winning all three their matches.

References

South African rugby union players

Living people

1984 births

Sportspeople from Polokwane

SWD Eagles players

Griquas (rugby union) players

Eastern Province Elephants players

Leopards (rugby union) players

University of Pretoria alumni

Rugby union locks

Rugby union players from Limpopo