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| Full name | Marthinus Herbert de Beer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1996-01-24)24 January 1996 (age 30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb; 192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hoërskool Waterkloof, Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marthinus Herbert de Beer (born 24 January 1996 inPretoria,South Africa) is a South Africanrugby union player who plays for theDragons in theUnited Rugby Championship as a fly-half. He previously played for theBlue Bulls,Griquas,Pumas, AndCardiff.
His first provincial representation came in 2013 when he represented thePretoria-based Blue Bulls at the Under-18 Academy Week competition. He was the second-highest points scorer at the tournament behindAndré Swarts of the Free State, scoring 39 points in his three appearances.[1]
In July 2014, he represented the Blue Bulls at the premier high school rugby union competition in South Africa, the Under-18Craven Week held inMiddelburg. He scored two tries in their match against KwaZulu-Natal[2] and a further 37 points with the boot to finish the tournament with a personal tally of 47 points, again finishing in second spot on the points-scoring list, this time behind the Leopards' Markus Coetzer.[3] After the Craven Week tournament, he was also selected in the 2014South African Schools squad that played matches against their counterparts from France, Wales and England in August. He was an unused replacement in their 28–13 win in their first match againstFrance,[4] but started their next match against Wales and had an eventful match, kicking half of South Africa's points in a 40–15 victory through four conversions and four penalties before spending ten minutes in thesin bin later in the match.[5] He started their final match againstEngland, but could not prevent South Africa losing the match 22–30.[6] He returned to domestic action to start two matches for theBlue Bulls U19s in the fullback position during the2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring a try in their match against theFree State U19s.[7]
De Beer made his first class debut for theBlue Bulls during the2015 Vodacom Cup competition. He came on as a replacement forKobus Marais in the second half of their match againstNamibian sideWelwitschias inWindhoek and also got his first senior points in the same match, kicking a 71st-minute conversion in a 44–0 victory for the Blue Bulls.[8] He started his first match the following week, kicking seven points in the Blue Bulls' 40–21 win over theGriffons in Pretoria.[9]
Despite initially not being named in a 37-manSouth Africa Under-20 training squad[10] or playing for them in warm-up matches against a Varsity Cup Dream Team[11] or two matches during a tour toArgentina,[12] he was named in the final squad for the2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[13] He came on as a replacement in all three of their matches in Pool B of the competition; a 33–5 win against hostsItaly,[14] a 40–8 win againstSamoa[15] and a 46–13 win overAustralia.[16] De Beer kicked one conversion in each of the three matches during the pool stage to help South Africa finish top of Pool B to qualify for the semi-finals with the best record pool stage of all the teams in the competition. He was an unused replacement in their semi-final match againstEngland, which saw South Africa lose 20–28 to be eliminated from the competition by England for the second year in succession.[17] He again came on as a replacement in their third-place play-off match againstFrance, helping South Africa to a 31–18 win to win the bronze medal.[18]
De Beer captained theBlue Bulls U19s during the2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group A.
On 28 July 2023, Tinus would move to Wales to join capital regionCardiff in theURC competition ahead of the 2023-24 season.[19] On 2 May 2025, Tinus would sign for Welsh rivalsDragons from the 2025-26 season.[20]
