Kobus van Dyk

Jacobus Johannes van Dyk (born 6 July 1994) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby. His regular playing positions are number 8, lock or flanker.

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby
Van Dyk was born in Bredasdorp and attended school in Caledon. He never represented his local provincial side at schoolboy tournaments, such as the Craven Week. However, after enrolling at the Stellenbosch University, he was selected to represent Western Province at Under-21 level, making three appearances for them in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

Van Dyk played six matches for in the 2015 Varsity Cup competition, scoring tries in matches against, ,  and. He made seven starts for during the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship regular season, before dropping to the bench for the title play-offs; he came on as a first-half replacement in their 43–20 victory over the s in the semi-finals, but remained unused in the final, in which his side beat the s 52–17.

Van Dyk started eight of Maties' nine matches during the 2016 Varsity Cup, repeating his scoring records from 2015 by scoring four tries; two of those came in their 40–0 victory over, and one each against and.

Western Province
Shortly after the 2016 Varsity Cup, Van Dyk was also included in the squad for their 2016 Currie Cup qualification series. He made his first class debut in a 16–24 defeat to a and established himself as the first choice number eight for the duration of the tournament, making nine appearances.

Just over two months after making his first class debut, Van Dyk was called into the squad for their final match of the 2016 Super Rugby regular season against the  and made his Super Rugby debut by coming on as a replacement for the final ten minutes of the match.