Rudy Paige

Rudy Paige

Personal information
Born	(1989-08-02) 2 August 1989 Heidelberg, Western Cape
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb)
School(s) attended	Bastion High School
University	University of Johannesburg
Club information
Playing position	Scrum-half
Current club	Bulls
Youth career
2001–06	SWD Eagles
2007–10	Golden Lions
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2011–12	UJ	12	(10)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Pts)†
2010–12	Young Lions	10	(0)
2011	Golden Lions	2	(0)
2012–	Blue Bulls	33	(10)
2013–	Bulls	28	(0)
Representative team(s)‡
2007	S.A. Schools		()
2009	S.A. Under-U20	4	(0)
2012	S.A. Students	2	(0)
2015	South Africa	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 2 May 2016. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 30 October 2015.

Rudy Paige is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Bulls. His usual position is scrum-half.

Career

Youth level

He played for SWD Eagles at various youth tournaments, but moved to the Golden Lions in 2007.

Golden Lions

He was included in a senior squad for the first time when he was named in the 2010 Vodacom Cup squad. He made his debut for the Golden Lions in that competition against the Blue Bulls. His first start came a few weeks later in the same competition against the Welwitschias.

Blue Bulls

After just 12 appearances for the Golden Lions, he joined the Blue Bulls at the start of the 2012 Currie Cup Premier Division season.

Other

He was captain of the S.A. schools side in 2007 and took part in the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship for the South Africa U20 team.

He also played Varsity Cup rugby for UJ in 2011 and 2012.

Paige also made his national team debut in the second half of South Africa's 64-0 victory over the USA in the pool stages of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.