Paul de Wet

  • Position:
    Scrumhalf
  • Nickname:
    Lion
  • Date of birth:
    1996-03-16
  • Place of birth:
    Stellenbosch
  • Height:
    178 cm
  • Weight:
    80 kg
  • School:
    Paarl Boys High
  • DHL Stormers Caps:
    82
  • Social media handles:
    Instagram: @Pauldewet

What is your earliest rugby memory?

U/8 rugby in Brackenfell.

What has been your career highlight to date?

Varsity Sports 2018.

Who has had the biggest impact on your career and why?

My dad.

What do you like to do when you are not playing rugby?

Fishing.

Who has been the most influential person in your life and why?

My dad, just to always smile and be positive.

What is your favourite city you have visited and why?

Limerick. Playing Munster and Guinness.

What is your favourite meal?

Ribeye steak.

Who was your rugby hero growing up?

Quade Cooper.

If you could invite any five people to a braai, who would they be?

Damian Mckenzie, Eminem, Matthew McConaughey, Mike Tyson, Kurt Cobain.

Which DHL Stormers player do you think is most likely to become a coach one day and why?

Jean-Luc du Plessis. He has an amazing rugby brain.

Best and worst dressed in the squad?

Best - Andre-Hugo Venter. Worst - Damian Willemse.

Funniest person in the squad and why?

Jean-Luc.

Attack

  • Carries

    37
  • Metres made

    37
  • Passes

    342
  • Offloads

    9
  • Try assists

    3
  • Defenders beaten

    10
  • Clean breaks

    3
  • Crossed gainline

    17
  • Post-contact metres

    21

Defence

  • Tackles

    35
  • Turnovers won

    4

Lineout

  • Line-outs won own throw

    1

Kicking

  • Kicks in play

    27
  • Kicking metres

    539
  • Attacking kicks

    13