Damian Willemse

Fullback · South Africa · 2018–2026. What the record holds, and none of it reaches the model.

South AfricaFullbackalso fly-half1.83m · 86kgBorn 7 May 1998 · 28 at his last matchStormers
On record

Appearances

53

37 as a starter

Minutes

2,911

55 a match

Tries (at least)

8

Points (at least)

76

Kicks at goal

13/21

62% landed

Conversions

9

Penalties

4

Drop goals

2

Yellow cards

2

Red cards

0

Caps

50

as Wikipedia records

Span

2018–2026

Scoring is a floor. World Rugby's timeline credits some tries to nobody, so a match where the players' points do not add up to the score may be missing this player's. 33 of 53 of his matches add up; appearances and minutes are unaffected. Never used by the model.

How South Africa went with him and without

With him in the squad

+3.7

over 39 matches

Without him

+9.1

over 34 matches

Difference

-5.4

Points of margin above what the side's rating expected, so opposition and venue are already removed, over the years between his first and last cap. A gap this size comes up by chance often enough, across the players tested, that it is not evidence about him. The method.

Compare

Only players in the same position for the same side are offered, and a position is read from the jerseys a player started in wherever the record holds any. Scoring in rugby sits in a handful of positions, so points cannot order a prop against a fly-half, and a career total says nothing about who is the better player — these are counts of what happened, not a rating. The heavier figure in each row is the larger one; the cards row is left unmarked, because more of them is not more of a good thing.

Recent matches
DateOpponentJerseyMinutesTriesPoints
2026-09-12v New Zealand (43-28)155700
2026-08-29v New Zealand (33-26)154000
2026-08-22v New Zealand (16-33)158000
2026-07-18v Wales (43-0)*232100
2026-07-11v Scotland (42-28)*128015
2026-07-04v England (45-21)158000
2025-11-29away to Wales (0-73)158000
2025-11-22away to Ireland (13-24)*158015
2025-11-15away to Italy (14-32)158000
2025-11-08away to France (17-32)155600
2025-10-04away to Argentina (27-29)158000
2025-09-27v Argentina (67-30)*156200
2025-09-13away to New Zealand (10-43)128015
2025-08-16v Australia (22-38)*232900
2025-07-19v Georgia (55-10)232615

* the players' points in that match do not add up to the recorded score, so a scorer is uncredited and this row may be short.

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