Rosko Specman

Rosko Specman
Full name Rosko Shane Specman
Date of birth (1989-04-28) 28 April 1989
Place of birth Grahamstown, South Africa
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight 85 kg (13 st 5 lb; 187 lb)[1]
School Mary Waters High School,
Grahamstown
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger
Current team South Africa Sevens / Free State Cheetahs
Youth Career
2007–2008 Eastern Province Kings
2009–2010 Sharks
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–2012 Sharks XV 13 (25)
2012 Sharks (Currie Cup) 1 (0)
2013–2015 Pumas 45 (140)
2017-2018 Free State Cheetahs 7 (10)
2017-2018 Cheetahs 4 (5)
2019- Bulls ()
Correct as of 22 April 2018
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013 South Africa President's XV 3 (5)
2014–present South Africa Sevens 137 (338)
Correct as of 22 April 2018
Medal record
Rugby World Cup Sevens
2018 San Francisco Team
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam

Rosko Shane Specman [note 1] (born 28 April 1989) is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa Sevens team.[1] He is also playing Currie Cup rugby with the Free State Cheetahs and his usual position is winger. He was a member of the South African Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Rugby career

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.

Vodacom Cup

In 2009, he moved to the Sharks, where he played in their U19 team. He made his debut for the Sharks in the 2010 Vodacom Cup quarter final game against Griquas.[5] 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.

He joined the Pumas for the 2013 season.[6] 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.[7] His only appearance during the season came in the final after returning from South Africa Sevens duty.[8]

Representative rugby

In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup[9] and won the tournament after winning all three matches.[10]

He was also called into a South Africa Sevens training squad in 2013[11] and was included in the Sevens squad for the USA leg of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.[12] Specman was included in a 12-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[13] 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.[14][15]

Cheetahs

Along with sevens teammates Cecil Afrika and Chris Dry, Specman announced that he was joining the Cheetahs beginning in 2017. He scored his first Pro14 try at home in October 2017 against the Glasgow Warriors.

Bulls

On 10 October 2018 it was announced that Specman will join the Bulls in Super Rugby and Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup from 2019. He will join the Bulls squad in January 2019 after his commitments with the Blitzbokke.[16]


Notes

  1. ↑ There are different spellings of Specman's name in use. The South African Rugby Union website lists his name as Rosko Specman,[1] which is also used during television coverage, but several other website lists his name as Rosco Speckman. Both variants yield several search results from reliable sources.[2][3] Although an interview in 2016 suggested that his preferred spelling of his name is Roscko Speckman,[4] the player confirmedin July 2017 via Twitter that the correct spelling is Rosko Specman.@@speckmagic11 (31 July 2017). "A lot of people get it wrong... It's Rosko Specman" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "SA Rugby Player Profile – Rosko Specman". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. ↑ ""rosco speckman" - Google Search". Google. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  3. ↑ ""rosko specman" - Google Search". Google. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Marizanne Kok praat met Roscko". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 28 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Sharks XV 28-24 Griquas". South African Rugby Union. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Speckman 'n Puma". suparugby.com. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Steval Pumas first-time Vodacom Cup champions – Final Review". South African Rugby Union. 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 7-24 Steval Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "SA President's XV selected for IRB Tblisi Cup". South African Rugby Union. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "SA President's XV win Tbilisi Cup". IRB. 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  11. ↑ "Speckman joins Blitzbokke". Sport24. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "Experienced Springbok Sevens side to defend USA title". South African Rugby Union. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "Rugby Sevens squad for Olympics named". South African Rugby Union. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Men Schedule & Results – Olympic Rugby Sevens (RSA–ESP)". Rio 2016. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "Olympic Games Men's Sevens, Match 2". World Rugby. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "Kotze signs for Ospreys, Speckman for Bulls". Supersport. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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