Schalk Jakobus Petrus Ferreira (born 9 February 1984) is a South African rugby union player for the in the Pro14. He has been playing first rugby since 2005 and normally plays as a loosehead prop. Rugby career Youth rugby Ferreira was born in Pretoria, where he also attended primary school, before moving to the Western Cape, where he attended Stellenbosch-based high school Paul Roos Gymnasium. He was included in various representative teams during his school days, representing them at Under-16 level in 2000 and playing at the premier South African schools competition, the Under-18 Craven Week on two occasions – in 2001 for a Coastal Western Province combination side and in 2002 for Western Province. After the 2002, he was also included in a South African Schools squad that played matches against their French and Welsh counterparts. In 2003, Ferreira was included in the South Africa Under-19 squad that played at the 2003 Under-19 Rugby World Championship held in Paris. He helped South Africa win the tournament, beating New Zealand's Under-19 team 22–18 in the final. He returned to South Africa to represent Western Province in the Under-20 Provincial Championship in the latter half of 2003. Ferreira was included in the South Africa Under-21 squad that played in the Under-21 Rugby World Championship held in Scotland in 2004. and helped them to finish third in the competition, beating Australia Under-21 44–10 in the third-place play-off. He also continued to represent Western Province's Under-20s in the Provincial Championship in 2004. Western Province / Stormers In 2005, Ferreira was included in a domestic first class squad for the first time, being named in their squad for the 2005 Vodacom Cup. He made his debut in the competition by starting in their 11–35 defeat to the in Pretoria in the opening round of the competition. In his fifth appearance for the side against Western Cape rivals , Ferreira scored his first senior try in a 32–36 defeat in Cape Town. He eventually played in all seven of their matches in the competition, but could not help them secure a place in the semi-finals as they finished in third position in Section Y of the competition. He reverted to the side for the second half of the year. Ferreira made six starts and one appearance from the bench in the expanded 2006 Vodacom Cup as Western Province finished in seventh position in the fourteen-team