{{Short description|South African rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use South African English|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Derick Minnie | image = | fullname = Derick Johannes Minnie | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1986}} | birth_place = Alberton, South Africa | height = 1.86 m | weight = 95 kg | nickname = | occupation = | school = Marais Viljoen High School | university = | relatives = | position = Flanker | currentclub = Zebre | youthyears1 = 2005–2007 | youthclubs1 = {{Rut|Golden Lions}} | years1 = 2006–2016 | clubs1 = {{Rut|Golden Lions XV}} | apps1 = 28 | points1 = 30 | years2 = 2006–2014 | clubs2 = {{Rut|Golden Lions}} | apps2 = 70 | points2 = 110 | years3 = 2007 | clubs3 = {{Rut|Lions XV}} | apps3 = 1 | points3 = 0 | years4 = 2010–2015 | clubs4 = {{Rut|Lions}} | apps4 = 63 | points4 = 35 | years5 = 2013 | clubs5 = → {{Rut|Sharks}} | apps5 = 3 | points5 = 15 | years6 = 2016–2018 | clubs6 = Zebre | apps6 = 40 | points6 = 15 | amatyears1 = 2008 | amatteam1 = {{Rut|UJ}} | amatapps1 = 6 | amatpoints1 = 5 | clubupdate = 13 July 2018 }}
'''Derick Johannes Minnie''' (born 1986) is a South African rugby union player for Italian Pro14 side Zebre. He plays as a flanker.
In 2013, he was named in the {{Rut|Sharks}} touring squad for their 2013 Super Rugby season,<ref name="Sharks Touring Squad">{{cite web | url=http://www.sharksrugby.co.za/index.php/component/articles/?view=article&id=1888464 | title=Sharks Touring Squad | work=Sharks | date=18 April 2013 | access-date=18 April 2013 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> but returned to the Lions for the 2014 Super Rugby season.
==Zebre==
He joined Italian Pro12 side Zebre for the 2016–17 Pro12 season.<ref name="PRO12 season preview: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Treviso and Zebre">{{cite web | url=http://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/15180/10552942/pro12-season-preview-scottish-and-italian-teams | title=PRO12 season preview: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Treviso and Zebre | work=Sky Sport | date=30 August 2017 | access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref> Minnie played 783 minutes, scoring 15 points<ref name="PR012">{{cite web | url=http://rd.pro12rugby.com/statzone/players.php?player=127983&includeref=dynamic | title=PRO12 Player Archive | work=PRO12 | date=8 May 2017 | access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref> in the 2016 - 2017 season for Zebre, playing 14 games in the Pro12, starting 11 and coming on as substitute for 3, he received 1 yellow card.
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==External links== *{{SA Rugby Player Profile | id=38949 | name=Derick Minnie | date=30 May 2016}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120517055138/http://lionsrugby.co.za/index.php/all-rugby/super-14/player-profiles/292-derick-minnie Lions Profile] *[http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_8180.html itsrugby.co.uk Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Minnie, Derick}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Afrikaner people Category:South African rugby union players Category:Rugby union flankers Category:Rugby union players from Alberton, Gauteng Category:Lions (United Rugby Championship) players Category:Sharks (rugby union) players Category:Zebre Parma players Category:South African expatriate rugby union players in Italy Category:21st-century South African sportsmen
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