Beyers Johannes de Villiers (born ) is a former South African rugby union player, who played as a flanker. He played first class rugby for in 2016 and represented university side in the Varsity Cup between 2013 and 2017. He retired in February 2017 on medical grounds. Rugby career Schoolboy and youth rugby De Villiers was born in Pretoria, but grew up in the Western Cape province, where he attended Paarl Boys' High School. In 2010, De Villiers was selected to represent Western Province at the premier high school rugby union tournament in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week. He started in all three of their matches in the tournament held in Welkom, helping his side to two victories to secure a place in the unofficial final, which they lost to Free State. De Villiers also played for Western Province youth teams after high school. In 2011, he was a key member of the team that played in the Under-19 Provincial Championship, starting eleven of their thirteen matches during the competition. He helped his team qualify for the semi-finals, by finishing in third place on the Group A log, winning seven of their twelve matches. De Villiers also started in their semi-final match against the team, but his team was eliminated at that stage as the team from Johannesburg won 32–27. In 2012, he progressed to their Under-21 team, starting four matches in the Under-21 Provincial Championship, scoring one try in a 31–20 victory over the s. Varsity Cup and first class rugby At the start of the 2013 season, De Villiers represented university side in the Varsity Cup. He made five appearances in the competition – starting two of those – and scored a try in their match against their Western Cape rivals, the . Maties finished top of the log by winning all seven of their matches, qualifying for a home semi-final. De Villiers came on as a replacement in their 16–15 victory over the in the semi-final, as well as in the final, where Maties lost their first match of the season, losing 5–44 to . De Villiers started their first six matches of the 2014 Varsity Cup, scoring a try in their 33–21 win over and two tries in a 24–8 win over as Maties finished in third place on the log before losing to in the semi-finals. De Villiers again started six matches in 2015,