# Kurt-Lee Arendse

Kurt-Lee Arendse (born 17 June 1996) is a South African professional rugby player for the South Africa national team, where his regular position is wing or fullback, and a rugby union player for the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship

## Career

He attended Paulus Joubert Secondary School in Paarl, where he earned a selection into the Boland Cavaliers' sevens team that competed at the 2014 SARU Under-18 Sevens competition. He progressed through the youth ranks in rugby union, playing in several national junior competitions — he played for Western Province U19 in the 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship, for Boland U20 in the 2016 Under-20 Provincial Championship and for Western Province U21 in the 2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship.
He was named as the MVP at the 2018 Varsity Cup Sevens tournament, and joined the South African Rugby Sevens Academy in December 2018. After playing for UWC in the 2019 Varsity Cup, Arendse was named in the Blitzboks squad for the Vancouver Sevens, and he made his debut in their 31–12 Cup semi-final victory over Fiji. He was an unused replacement in the final, which South Africa won, beating France 21–12.
He represented Monaco rugby sevens during Supersevens 2020. The team also featured many other South Africans and ended 7th in the tournament.
In 2020, with no seven tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he joined the Pretoria Bulls franchise where he immediately made an impact.

## Statistics
### Test match record

    As of 23 November 2024
| Opponent | P | W | D | L | Try | Pts | %Won |
| Argentina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 75 |
| Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 100 |
| England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 100 |
| France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 50 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 100 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 100 |
| Wales | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 50 |
| Total | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 90 | 75 |

### International tries

    As of 23 November 2024
| Try | Opposing team | Location | Venue | Competition | Date | Result | Score |
| 1 | New Zealand | Mbombela, South Africa | Mbombela Stadium | 2022 Rugby Championship | 6 August 2022 | Win | 26–10 |
| 2 | Argentina | Durban, South Africa | Hollywoodbets Kings Park | 2022 Rugby Championship | 24 September 2022 | Win | 38–21 |
| 3 | Ireland | Dublin, Ireland | Aviva Stadium | 2022 Autumn Nations Series | 5 November 2022 | Loss | 19–16 |
| 4 | France | Marseille, France | Stade Vélodrome | 2022 Autumn Nations Series | 12 November 2022 | Loss | 30–26 |
| 5 | Italy | Genoa, Italy | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 2022 Autumn Nations Series | 19 November 2022 | Win | 21–63 |
| 6 | Italy | Genoa, Italy | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 2022 Autumn Nations Series | 19 November 2022 | Win | 21–63 |
| 7 | England | London, England | Twickenham Stadium | 2022 Autumn Nations Series | 26 November 2022 | Win | 13–27 |
| 8 | Australia | Pretoria, South Africa | Loftus Versfeld Stadium | 2023 Rugby Championship | 8 July 2023 | Win | 43–12 |
| 9 | Australia | Pretoria, South Africa | Loftus Versfeld Stadium | 2023 Rugby Championship | 8 July 2023 | Win | 43–12 |
| 10 | Australia | Pretoria, South Africa | Loftus Versfeld Stadium | 2023 Rugby Championship | 8 July 2023 | Win | 43–12 |
| 11 | New Zealand | London, England | Twickenham Stadium | 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches | 25 August 2023 | Win | 7–35 |
| 12 | Scotland | Marseille, France | Stade Vélodrome | 2023 Rugby World Cup | 10 September 2023 | Win | 18–3 |
| 13 | France | Saint-Denis, France | Stade de France | 2023 Rugby World Cup | 15 October 2023 | Win | 28–29 |
| 14 | Ireland | Pretoria, South Africa | Loftus Versfeld Stadium | 2024 Ireland tour of South Africa | 6 July 2024 | Win | 27–20 |
| 15 | Portugal | Bloemfontein, South Africa | Free State Stadium | 2024 mid-year tests | 20 July 2024 | Win | 64–21 |
| 16 | Australia | Brisbane, Australia | Lang Park | 2024 Rugby Championship | 10 August 2024 | Win | 7–33 |
| 17 | Australia | Brisbane, Australia | Lang Park | 2024 Rugby Championship | 10 August 2024 | Win | 7–33 |
| 18 | Wales | Cardiff, Wales | Millennium Stadium | 2024 Autumn Nations Series | 23 November 2024 | Win | 12–45 |

## Honours

* International
** Rugby World Cup champion 2023
** Sevens rugby tournament winner 2019 Canada Sevens, 2019 Singapore Sevens, 2019 Dubai Sevens, 2020 USA Sevens
* Super Rugby Unlocked winner 2020
* Currie Cup winner 2020–21
* United Rugby Championship runner-up 2021–22
* United Rugby Championship Player of the Month in South Africa for March 2022
* Named in the 2022–23 and 2023–24 United Rugby Championship Elite XV team
* Bulls accolades
** Vodacom Bulls Heineken Champions Cup Player of the Year: 2022–23
** Vodacom Fans player of the year - APP 2023
** Vodacom Players Player of the Year 2023
** Vodacom Player of the Year 2023