Stephan Coetzee

Stephanus Hendrik Coetzee (born 9 January 1992 in Worcester) is a South African rugby union player for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States. His regular playing position is hooker.

Career

Youth

Coetzee represented at various youth levels, playing at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2008, the Under-18 Academy Week in 2009 and the Under-18 Craven Week in 2010. He joined the Western Province Rugby Institute in 2011 and played for in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition and for in the 2012 and 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship competitions, winning the competition in 2013 and scoring two tries during the season.

Western Province / Stormers

He was included in the squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup and made his senior debut when he started in their opening match of the season against neighbours in Ceres. He played in eight matches during the competition, starting six of them.

After one more appearance during the 2014 Vodacom Cup, Coetzee was flown to New Zealand to link up with the ' Super Rugby squad for their match against the , following a torn calf muscle suffered by first-choice hooker Scarra Ntubeni. Coetzee was subsequently named on the bench for the clash.

Griquas

He moved to Kimberley for the 2015 season to join .

Seattle Seawolves

Coetzee joined Major League Rugby side Seattle Seawolves prior to the 2019 season., having a prominent performance with 8 tries assists in regular season and qualifying seawolves to playoff for the second time.