He went to primary school in Kroonstad, where he earned a provincial call-up to represent the Griffons at the Under-13 Craven Week competition in 2008.
He moved to Gauteng and went to Monument High School in Krugersdorp, which meant he would represent the Golden Lions provincially.
After high school, he made the move to Cape Town to join the Western Province Rugby Institute.
[2] He made a total of nine appearances in both the loosehead and tighthead prop position as they went all the way in the competition, beating the Blue Bulls U19 33–26 in the final in Cape Town to be crowned the 2014 champions.
[3] He made his first class debut on 21 March 2015, coming on as a substitute for Western Province in their 2015 Vodacom Cup match against the Boland Cavaliers in Caledon.