Dorfling attended Hoërskool Framesby in Port Elizabeth and earned an inclusion in several Eastern Province youth representative teams.
After representing Eastern Province at Craven Week he was included in a South African Schools Academy side that played against the main South African Schools side in Durban.
After high school, Dorfling moved to Potchefstroom, where he joined the Leopards.
At the start of 2011, Dorfling represented NWU Pukke in the Varsity Cup competition. He made six appearances and scored three tries.
After starting all eight of the NWU Pukke's matches in the 2012 Varsity Cup – scoring 28 points as his side reached the semi-final, where they lost to UP Tuks.
After seven appearances for the NWU Pukke in the 2013 Varsity Cup – with the side missing out on the play-offs by virtue of finishing fifth – Dorfling made his first appearances for the Leopards XV in the Vodacom Cup competition.
Dorfling started all nine of the NWU Pukke's matches in the 2014 Varsity Cup; he helped them top the log after winning six of their seven regular season matches.
In 2016 he joined Kimberley-based side Griquas for the 2016 season.
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Career
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Griquas Scrum Half |
2016 - present |
