Rosko Specman

Rosko Specman
Specman in 2016
Full nameRosko Shane Specman
Date of birth (1989-04-28) 28 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birthGrahamstown, South Africa
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)[1]
SchoolKingswood College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger
Current team Griquas
Youth career
2007–2008 Eastern Province Kings
2009–2010 Sharks
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–2012 Sharks XV 13 (25)
2012 Sharks (Currie Cup) 1 (0)
2013–2015 Pumas 45 (140)
2017 Free State Cheetahs 7 (10)
2017 Cheetahs 4 (5)
2019–2020 Bulls 19 (47)
2019 Blue Bulls XV 1 (0)
2019 Blue Bulls 6 (25)
2020–2022 Cheetahs 5 (20)
2020–2022 Free State Cheetahs 14 (20)
2021 → Stormers (loan) 1 (0)
2023– Griquas ()
Correct as of 13 March 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013 South Africa President's XV 3 (5)
2014–2018 South Africa Sevens 150 (380)
2021–present South Africa 1 (0)
Correct as of 3 July 2021
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  South Africa
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Bronze medal – third place 2018 San Francisco Team competition
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team competition
Africa Men's Sevens
Silver medal – second place 2024 Mauritius Team Competition

Rosko Shane Specman [note 1] (born 28 April 1989) is a South African rugby union player for the Bulls in Super Rugby, the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Blue Bulls XV in the Rugby Challenge.[1] He played rugby sevens for the South Africa national rugby sevens team between 2014 and 2018 and also played Currie Cup rugby with the Sharks from 2010 to 2012, the Pumas from 2013 to 2015 and the Free State Cheetahs in 2017. His usual position is winger.

Specman was a member of the South African Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

  1. ^ a b c d "SA Rugby Player Profile – Rosko Specman". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. ^ ""rosco speckman" - Google Search". Google. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  3. ^ ""rosko specman" - Google Search". Google. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Marizanne Kok praat met Roscko". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 28 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.


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