. . South West Africa took the trophy home when they beat Vaal Triangle 13-12. Director of coaching: Western Province Rugby Academy (1998/1999) National Fitness Manager: Health & Racquet Clubs (1999-2000) Director: M.Net/Dairy Belle National Health Club Challenge (1983/4/5) FITCO Annual National Fitness Conventions (1987/8/9) 3. Conrad de Beer - SH not FH Scheepers Gouws - FH Andr Greyling - centre. 1946: Northern Transvaal vs Western Province, 11-9 in Pretoria. but am aware of Westville beating a College 2nd/3rd team in 1984 at Woodburn Stadium in a pre-season warm . This article is about the South African rugby team. 1980-1984: Played rugby and volleyball at the same time. 1980 was also the year in which Botha was selected as captain of the Northern Transvaal team. It was the fourth test in Cape Town that Barry Heatlie captain took . Wynand Claassen, South African architect, editor. See also Currie Cup References ^ "Currie Cup Finals History". The participating unions were Western Province, Griqualand West, Transvaal and Eastern Province. Southland & Otago Sports Memorabilia, Sharing, Buying & Appraising. Former Springbok and Transvaal prop Ockie Oosthuizen has passed away following a short battle with cancer. Southern Sun and SA Rugby renew partnership for five years. Former Northern Transvaal Rugby President (1990-1997) Hentie Serfontein's close bond with anti-apartheid sports campaigner Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile, then still the bte noir of South Africa . Vaal Triangle. Generally speaking Anywhere with a lot of whites have the best rugby teams. Wynand was a regular architecture student at the University of Pretoria during the late 1970s. 2. . . After the 1995 World Cup, rugby was declared a professional sport in South Africa, after which the Eastern Transvaal Rugby Football Union merged with the Vaal Triangle Rugby Union to form the Gauteng Falcons Rugby Union. Northern Transvaal v Australia 1992 Transvaal Rugby V Gloustershire 1976 1981: Leon Botha - wing. It played a home 'test' and then went to Europe on tour. Work; old northern transvaal rugby players 22 March 2021 on Uncategorized by Uncategorized by Of course, a Free State representative who never played for Transvaal made a huge impact on Transvaal rugby: Louis Luyt played 53 matches for the Free State from 1952-'60 and became President of . Full Playing Record: Played 47 Won 36 Lost 10 Drawn 1 Points for 1,214 Against 649. 1990: Linde - prop . Fiji won the gold medal in the rugby sevens in the 2016 Olympic Games, currently taking place in Rio! History []. 1983-84. Fixture Secretary Brian Mark who must see team fixtures in his sleep, and Peter Nyhan who has the difficult task of compiling the programme notes every week, my thanks to them all. The 1956 final saw Natal up against Northern Transvaal and even though it was contested at Kingsmead, 9-8 was the score in favour of the men from Pretoria. SA V England 1984, 1984 Ellis Park; 1994 (first test after fall of apartheid) . He moved on to play for Northern Transvaal and was a member of the team that won the Currie Cup in 1981. . This year's Final will be at Newlands because Western Province ended higher on the Currie Cup log than the Sharks did, which was decided only at the last league match. The buzz started in 1977 when everyone took notice of the young blonde general playing under 19 rugby for Northern Transvaal. Wynand Claassen (1981 - 1984) Wynand Claassen was not just a former SA rugby player - he was the Springbok captain in 1981 too. . The 1985 Currie Cup was the 47th edition of the Currie Cup, the premier annual domestic rugby union competition in South Africa . Oosthuizen played nine Tests at prop for the Springboks between 1981 and 1984. USA v South Africa, 1981: International Rugby on a Polo Field. College rugby prospered from the 1980s onward. 2013 Super Rugby - Weekend Teams; 2013 Super Rugby - Fixtures; 2013 Super Rugby - Logs; 2013 Super Rugby - Results; 2013 SA Super Rugby Squads. . SA Schools vs Northern Transvaal Defence Force, 22-27 at Loftus. This was the 51st season since the competition started in 1889. SA Schools vs Bridgend-Aberavon Youth, 10-9 . . Cricket. The club claimed their first Currie Cup title in 1889; they repeated this success just three years later, winning the title again in 1892. Became known as the '18 second AllBlack' when he made his debut in 1986 replacing Frano Botica for the last seconds of the test, at Auckland, against Australia Brother of Chris and Paddy. Esterhuizen, Franois (Overberg & Boland), 2012. En, nie bloot omdat hy oor 'n tydperk van nege jaar, benewens 21 toetse in die groen en goud, ook drie jaar elk in onderskeidelik die. Especially when Hempies . They have lost in the finals against Northern Transvaal in 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978 and in 1981. 62,567 (Rugby union and Soccer) 55,686 (2010 FIFA World Cup) Surface: Grass: Construction . 1908-10-16 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as Esquimoux. At the invitation of the Western Province Rugby Union has an English touring team in 1891 three Tests in South Africa and played strangely enough is the question of color never raised. 1973: Graduated from school . . The Cavaliers tour of South Africa - a so-called unofficial venture in which key rugby figures in both New Zealand and the host nation were involved - took place in 1986. Recipient Civic award for environmental excellence City of Pietermaritzburg, 1999, Regional award for design and quality Brick Development Association (2), 1989. . Euan King (Hill, 1972), played for the Transvaal Craven Week team. CLOSE. At present teams are playing on the same playing surface. SA Schools Team; SA Schools Rugby Players; Beeld Trophy. adventurous, open, constructive rugby, without regard to result, and without deviating from the game. Aside from this, he won two National Championships with the Rovigo Rugby Club in Italy as well as the South African Currie Cup nine times with his provincial side Northern Transvaal (former name of the Blue Bulls). 1909-10-02 First Rugby Union match is played at the English RFU owned Twickenham ground; Harlequins beat Richmond, 14-10. #CollegeSport This weekend will see most of the teams of the #RedBlackWhite head down to Durban to play our friends . Contents . 1910-09-22 Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union forms with an initial 9 team competition. The Kwa-Zulu Natal Rugby Union (KZNRU) may have been formed as far back as 1890, but it took 66 years for the union to enjoy its first Currie Cup final. For the infantry division nicknamed the Golden Lions, see U.S. 106th Infantry Division. Campher, Connie (Western Transvaal), 1985 Campher, Fanie (Stellaland), 1974-75 *Carstens, Deon (Western Province), 1997 Carswell, Michael (Eastern Province), 1984 Carty, Shane (Transvaal), 1974-75 Cattrell, Brenton (Natal), 1987 Cawood, Mark (Western Province), 1974-75 Celliers, Norman (South Eastern Transvaal), 1991 Stofberg, who captained the South African rugby team between 1980 and 1984, met up with the two former locks at Visser's home near Franschoek where the three men, now in their '50s, reminisced about both the good and sad old times. School of Rugby is a schools' rugby website which covers schools'rugby as well as junior rugby from around South Africa. The 1989 Currie Cup Division A (known as the Santam Bank Currie Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the top division of the Currie Cup competition, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. 1910-09-13 Regina Rugby Club forms. He made his Test debut against Ireland in Cape Town in 1981 and scored one . SA Rugby President Mr Mark Alexander paid tribute to former Springbok Ockie Oosthuizen, who passed away early on Wednesday morning at the age of 64 following a short battle with cancer. The forceful figure of the former president of the Golden Lions Rugby Union has played in 13 Tests for his country, in more than 100 games for. "I played 28 games for the Free State between 1982 and 1984 and some of my team mates included Springboks Gysie Pienaar, De Wet Ras, Barry Wolmarans, Gerry Sonnekus, Eben Jansen, Vleis Visagie and . Trustee Chris Burger Rugby Players Memorial Fund, Cape Town, 1984-1998. A new Transvaal Rugby Football Union management was elected in 1984 with Dr Louis Luyt as Chairman and Prof Joe Poolman as his deputy. Under the coaching of John Williams and captaincy of Naas Botha (returning at the end of 1984 after his stint in America) they defeated Transvaal in the final with a legendary performance by the captain, who scored all 24 points with 4 penalties and 4 drop goals. 1979: Joint Organiser of the very first South African deaf sport Championships (Badminton). He is a right handed batsman and leg break bowler. Kevin Mitchell . The Currie Cup is one of the oldest rugby competitions in the world, with the first games played in 1889 but it was only in 1892 that it came to be known by that name. 62,567 (Rugby union and Soccer) 55,686 (2010 FIFA World Cup) Surface: Grass: Construction . The first South African Schools team was chosen in 1974. It was quite unusual for a 22 year old . He is married with Imari Visser and have a daughter Amelie du Plessis. DU PISANIE 1985- K. CHRISTIE HARLEQUIN RUGBY CLUB - PRETORIA ANNEXURE A - SCHEDULE 2 - ERA 1938 - 1988 - NORTHERN TRANSVAAL RUGBY UNION THE AMATEUR ERA - LIST OF NORTHERN TRANSVAAL PLAYERS SELECTED NO YEAR PLAYER NO YEAR PLAYER 1 1938 H. W. TINDALE 44 1962 J. RHOODIE 2 1938-1943 L. M. SMIT 45 1962-1965 B. O'GRADY 3 1938-1942 Results of all the Currie Cup Finals: 1939: Transvaal vs Western Province, 17-6 at Newlands. Boland and Eastern Transvaal (one each) also played in a final. W.R.U. The tournament was jointly won by Northern Transvaal and Transvaal - the fifth time each of those teams won the competition - after the two teams drew 14-14 in the final in Johannesburg. June 5, 2022 . The coach at that time was Buurman van Zyl, the legendary Northern Transvaal coach. W-Transvaal: 1984-85: 219: Danie van Schalkwyk: E-Tvl/N-Tvl: 1992-93/94: 220: Braam van Straaten: N-Transvaal: 1989: 221: Piet Veldsman: WP: 1969: 222: AJ Venter: . Two weeks later they lost their Promotion/Relegation match against Western Transvaal in Windhoek 7-25. Only fifteen years later, after the game between Transvaal and the World Team on 31 March 1979, the old Ellis Park was demolished. Fifteen years later, after the game between Transvaal and the World Team on 31 March 1979, the old Ellis Park was demolished. The competition had its humble beginnings as an inter-town competition in 1884, but when the South African Rugby Board was founded in 1889 it decided to organise a national competition that would involve representative teams from all the major unions. Oosthuizen played nine Tests at prop for the Springboks between 1981 and 1984. Oosthuizen's rugby career stared in 1975 when he was 20 playing for Western Transvaal.