Kevin Buys

Kevin Buys (26 April 1986 – 13 May 2026) was a South African rugby union player.

Biography Buys started his playing career at the as a youth player. In 2007, he made his debut in the Vodacom Cup competition. He then moved to French club CA Brive in November 2007. He played in the Espoirs (their reserve team), but graduated to the first team. He made 15 appearances for the team in the 2007–08 Top 14 season. He just made a further five appearances for the team the following season, three of those in the 2008–09 European Challenge Cup.

He then returned to South Africa and joined the team in 2009. He played for them in the domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions, as well as for the in the Super Rugby competition. At the start of 2012, he linked up with the . He was also named in the squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.

In 2013, he rejoined French Top 14 side CA Brive for a second time.

Buys died by heart attack in May 2026, at the age of 40.