Pieter-Steph du Toit
Full names: Pieter Stephanus
Date of birth: 20 Aug 1992
Place of birth: Cape Town
School: Swartland
Springbok no: 854
Springbok debut province: Sharks
Physical: 2.00m, 116.0kg
Current age: 32
Test summary: Tests: 84 Tries: 11
First Test: 9 Nov 2013 Age 21 - Reserve against Wales at Millenium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff
Last Test: 28 Sep 2024 Age 32 - Flank against Argentina at Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Test history:
DateAgePositionOpponentVenueResultScoreProvince
09 Nov 2013 21Reserve Wales Millenium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff Win: 24-15  Sharks
23 Nov 2013 21Reserve France Stade de France, Paris Win: 19-10  Sharks
08 Aug 2015 22Reserve Argentina Kingspark, Durban Lose: 25-37  Sharks
15 Aug 2015 22Reserve Argentina Velez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires Win: 26-12  Sharks
19 Sep 2015 23Flank Japan Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton Lose: 32-34  Sharks
03 Oct 2015 23Reserve Scotland St. James Park, Newcastle Win: 34-16  Sharks
07 Oct 2015 23Reserve USA Olympic Stadium, London Win: 64-0  Sharks
17 Oct 2015 23Reserve Wales Twickenham, London Win: 23-19  Sharks
11 Jun 2016 23Reserve Ireland Newlands, Cape Town Lose: 20-261 try WP
18 Jun 2016 23Lock Ireland Ellispark, Johannesburg Win: 32-261 try WP
25 Jun 2016 23Lock Ireland Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth Win: 19-13  WP
20 Aug 2016 24Reserve Argentina Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit Win: 30-23  WP
27 Aug 2016 24Reserve Argentina Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Lose: 24-261 try WP
10 Sep 2016 24Reserve Australia Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane Lose: 17-23  WP
17 Sep 2016 24Lock New Zealand AMI Stadium (Rugby League Park), Christchurch Lose: 13-41  WP
01 Oct 2016 24Lock Australia Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Win: 18-10  WP
08 Oct 2016 24Lock New Zealand Kingspark, Durban Lose: 15-57  WP
12 Nov 2016 24Flank England Twickenham, London Lose: 21-37  WP
19 Nov 2016 24Lock Italy Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Lose: 18-20  WP
26 Nov 2016 24Lock Wales Millenium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff Lose: 13-27  WP
10 Jun 2017 24Reserve France Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Win: 37-14  WP
17 Jun 2017 24Reserve France Kingspark, Durban Win: 37-15  WP
24 Jun 2017 24Reserve France Ellispark, Johannesburg Win: 35-12  WP
19 Aug 2017 24Reserve Argentina Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth Win: 37-151 try WP
26 Aug 2017 25Reserve Argentina Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Win: 41-23  WP
09 Sep 2017 25Lock Australia Perth Oval, Perth Draw: 23-23  WP
16 Sep 2017 25Reserve New Zealand North Harbour Stadium, North Shore City Lose: 0-57  WP
30 Sep 2017 25Reserve Australia Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Draw: 27-27  WP
07 Oct 2017 25Flank New Zealand Newlands, Cape Town Lose: 24-25  WP
11 Nov 2017 25Flank Ireland Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin Lose: 3-38  WP
25 Nov 2017 25Flank Italy Stadio Euganeo, Padua Win: 35-6  WP
02 Dec 2017 25Flank Wales Millenium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff Lose: 22-24  WP
02 Jun 2018 25Lock (C) Wales RFK Stadium, Washington DC Lose: 20-22  WP
09 Jun 2018 25Reserve England Ellispark, Johannesburg Win: 42-39  WP
16 Jun 2018 25Flank England Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Win: 23-12  WP
23 Jun 2018 25Flank England Newlands, Cape Town Lose: 10-25  WP
18 Aug 2018 25Lock Argentina Kingspark, Durban Win: 34-21  WP
25 Aug 2018 26Reserve Argentina Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Lose: 19-32  WP
08 Sep 2018 26Flank Australia Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane Lose: 18-23  WP
15 Sep 2018 26Flank New Zealand Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington Win: 36-34  WP
29 Sep 2018 26Flank Australia Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth Win: 23-12  WP
06 Oct 2018 26Flank New Zealand Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Lose: 30-32  WP
03 Nov 2018 26Lock England Twickenham, London Lose: 11-12  WP
10 Nov 2018 26Lock France Stade de France, Paris Win: 29-26  WP
17 Nov 2018 26Flank Scotland Murrayfield, Edinburgh Win: 26-20  WP
24 Nov 2018 26Flank Wales Millenium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff Lose: 11-20  WP
20 Jul 2019 26Flank Australia Ellispark, Johannesburg Win: 35-17  WP
27 Jul 2019 26Flank New Zealand Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington Draw: 16-16  WP
10 Aug 2019 26Flank Argentina Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Win: 46-13  WP
06 Sep 2019 27Flank Japan Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Saitama Win: 41-7  WP
21 Sep 2019 27Flank New Zealand International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Lose: 13-231 try WP
04 Oct 2019 27Flank Italy Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi Win: 49-3  WP
20 Oct 2019 27Flank Japan Tokyo Stadium, Chofu, Tokyo Win: 26-3  WP
27 Oct 2019 27Flank Wales International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Win: 19-16  WP
02 Nov 2019 27Flank England International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Win: 32-12  WP
02 Jul 2021 28Flank Georgia Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Win: 40-9  WP
24 Jul 2021 28Flank Britain Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town Lose: 17-22  WP
31 Jul 2021 28Flank Britain Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town Win: 27-9  WP
09 Jul 2022 29Flank Wales Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Lose: 12-13  Verblitz
16 Jul 2022 29Flank Wales Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town Win: 30-14  Verblitz
06 Aug 2022 29Flank New Zealand Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit Win: 26-10  Verblitz
13 Aug 2022 29Flank New Zealand Ellispark, Johannesburg Lose: 23-35  Verblitz
27 Aug 2022 30Flank Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Lose: 17-25  Verblitz
24 Sep 2022 30Flank Argentina Kingspark, Durban Win: 38-21  Verblitz
05 Nov 2022 30Flank Ireland Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin Lose: 16-19  Verblitz
12 Nov 2022 30Flank France Stade Velodrome, Marseilles Lose: 26-30  Verblitz
08 Jul 2023 30Flank Australia Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Win: 43-121 try Verblitz
15 Jul 2023 30Reserve New Zealand Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Lose: 20-35  Verblitz
29 Jul 2023 30Flank Argentina Ellispark, Johannesburg Win: 22-21  Verblitz
19 Aug 2023 30Flank Wales Millenium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff Win: 52-161 try Verblitz
25 Aug 2023 31Flank New Zealand Twickenham, London Win: 35-7  Verblitz
10 Sep 2023 31Flank Scotland Stade Velodrome, Marseilles Win: 18-31 try Verblitz
23 Sep 2023 31Flank Ireland Stade de France, Paris Lose: 8-13  Verblitz
15 Oct 2023 31Flank France Stade de France, Paris Win: 29-28  Verblitz
21 Oct 2023 31Flank England Stade de France, Paris Win: 16-15  Verblitz
28 Oct 2023 31Flank New Zealand Stade de France, Paris Win: 12-11  Verblitz
22 Jun 2024 31Flank (C) Wales Twickenham, London Win: 41-13  Verblitz
06 Jul 2024 31Flank Ireland Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Win: 27-20  Verblitz
13 Jul 2024 31Flank Ireland Kingspark, Durban Lose: 24-25  Verblitz
10 Aug 2024 31Lock Australia Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane Win: 33-71 try Verblitz
17 Aug 2024 31Flank Australia Perth Stadium, Perth Win: 30-12  Verblitz
31 Aug 2024 32Lock New Zealand Ellispark, Johannesburg Win: 31-27  Verblitz
07 Sep 2024 32Flank New Zealand Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town Win: 18-12  Verblitz
28 Sep 2024 32Flank Argentina Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit Win: 48-72 tries Verblitz

Pieter-Steph du Toit: Ultimate Rugby

The powerful young lock has shone at age-group level over the last few years for the Sharks, and announced himself on the world stage playing at blindside flank for the victorious Baby Bok team that claimed the IRB Junior World Championship in 2012.

He has a dangerous blend of power and speed which makes him tough to bring down. Making his Springbok debut soon after, he suffered terribly with injuries.

Coming back to fitness towards the end of the 2015 Super Rugby season he slipped straight back into the Springbok Squad and was selected for the 2015 RWC.

Soon after his selection into the Springbok squad for the June 2016 Test series, du Toit was hit with a hamstring injury and was withdrawn from the squad, with Franco Mostert coming in as his replacement.

The versatile forward was named as the Springbok captain to face Wales and became Rassie Erasmus' first Springbok captain and led the side for the first time.

Du Toit was a standout for the Springboks in 2019 helping the side to a Rugby Championship title and to a Rugby World Cup victory in Japan.

He was named as the World Player of the Year before signing a new contract with the Stormers for 2020. On February 28, 2020 against the Blues in Super Rugby Du Toit suffered a serious leg injury that developed into acute compartment syndrome that almost resulted in an amputation.

By the end of 2020, barring six games in Super Rugby earlier in the year, du Toit missed four years out of eight because of a brutal catalogue of injuries between his breakthrough senior year in 2012 to 2019.

Du Toit has had left and right ankle surgery, two knee operations, a cracked sternum and an acute compartment syndrome, which nearly cost him his left leg earlier, twice. At the time, he was only the 43rd person in recorded medical history to have suffered this condition.

He returned to action in fine form in 2021 with the Stormers and Western Province earning him a recall to the Springbok squad to take on Georgia and the British and Irish Lions. He heads into the internationals with 55 test caps under his belt.

Du Toit featured against Georgia and started the opening two tests against the British and Irish Lions but suffered an injury in the second test which ruled him out for the third test as well as the Rugby Championship.

In September 2021, du Toit signed with Japanese Top League side Toyota Verblitz.

Between the 2021 and 2023 International Rugby seasons, Du Toit played 10 test matches for the Springboks scoring 1 try.

Ahead of the Rugby World Cup 2023, du Toit has been named in the South African training squad.