Youth He represented at youth level, represented them at the 2007 Under-13 Craven Week competition and at the 2012 Under-18
Craven Week competition. However, at the end of 2012, despite being offered a spot in the Western Province Rugby Institute and receiving a contract with Western Province, he moved to
Durban instead to join the Academy. Du Plessis was the third-highest scorer in the
2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship Division A competition for the , scoring 116 points in eleven starts. In April 2014, Du Plessis was named in the
South Africa Under-20 squad for the
2014 IRB Junior World Championship.
Sharks Du Plessis' first class debut came for the during the
2014 Vodacom Cup competition. He came on as a substitute in their 40–3 victory over
Kenyan side at . Within five minutes of coming on, Du Plessis scored a try and kicked the subsequent conversion. His first start came in the following match, a 27–11 defeat to the in
Durban, with Du Plessis scoring two penalties.
Western Province He returned to
Cape Town in 2015, joining for the
2015 Vodacom Cup competition. == Personal ==