Namibian winger/fullback Divan Rossouw played in Major League Rugby for the 2024 season. He represented the Seattle Seawolves for his entire MLR career.

Rossouw played with the Blue Bulls academy in South Africa in 2015, before joining the Currie Cup squad in 2016 and the full Bulls Super Rugby team in 2018, earning 40 caps and scoring 4 tries between 2018-2020. In 2020 he moved to the Lions organisation, representing both the Super Rugby side and the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup between 2020-2022. He returned to Namibia towards the end of 2022 to rejoin the national side, with whom he is a fully capped international.

The Seattle Seawolves announced the signing of Divan Rossouw on 7th October 2023, with Rossouw fresh off of Namibia’s 2023 Rugby World Cup campaign in France. In his debut MLR season in 2024, Rossouw appeared in 18 of Seattle’s 19 games (all starts), scoring 6 tries as the Seawolves qualified for the post-season and defeated the San Diego Legion and Dallas Jackals to advance to the team’s 4th MLR final, in which they fell 11-20 to the New England Free Jacks. Rossouw gained a match-high 142m in the Final, taking his season total to 1,492m putting him 2nd in MLR in this category, just 1m ahead of Utah’s Michael Manson. Rossouw was named to the All-MLR Second XV for his efforts during the 2024 season.

achievements

• 2024 MLR Runner-Up: Seattle Seawolves
• 2024 All-MLR Second XV
• 2nd in MLR Meters Gained: 2024 (1,492m)
• MLR Team of the Week: 2024 – Rd 13
• MLR Team of the Week: 2024 – Rd 11