Francois van Wyk

Not to be confused with Frans van Wyk, a rugby union prop that played for Western Province since 2015..

Francois van Wyk

Personal information
Full name	Francois Daniel van Wyk
Nickname	Slak
Born	(1991-07-30) 30 July 1991 Bellville, South Africa
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	114 kg (17 st 13 lb)
School(s) attended	Boland Agricultural High School
University	University of Cape Town Varsity College
Club information
Playing position	Loosehead Prop
Current club	Force
Youth career
2007–09	Western Province
2010	Boland
2011–12	Western Province
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2011–12	UCT Ikey Tigers	16	(10)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Pts)†
2013	Western Province	2	(0)
2014–	Force	4	(5)
2014–	Perth Spirit	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 4 November 2015. † Appearances (Points).

Francois Daniel "Slak" van Wyk (born 30 July 1991) is a South African rugby union player who currently plays as a loosehead prop for the Western Force in the international Super Rugby competition.

Career

Van Wyk was born and raised in the Western Cape and played junior rugby for both Western Province and Boland. He was also a member of the UCT Ikey Tigers side which lifted the 2011 Varsity Cup, playing in all of his side's 9 games and featuring alongside future Western Force team-mate Marcel Brache.

Opportunities at provincial level proved harder to come by and he only managed 2 appearances for Western Province, both of which came during the 2013 Vodacom Cup. This limitation in game time saw him move to Australia to link up with the Perth based Western Force.

For 2014, Van Wyk was named as a member of the Force's Wider Training Group alongside Ollie Hoskins, Brad Lacey, Dillyn Leyds and Dylan Sage. He gained his first Super Rugby cap on 24 May 2014, replacing Pek Cowan in the final minute of his side's 29-19 win over the Lions in Perth.