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Kitch Christie, Springbok coach (1940–1998) Danie Craven, Springbok, scrumhalf and administrator (1910–1994) Jean de Villiers, Springbok, centre and wing (born 1981) Peter de Villiers, Springbok coach (born 1957) Morne du Plessis, Springbok, eight man (born 1949) Frik du Preez, Springbok, lock/flank (born 1935) Os du Randt, Springbok, prop ...
Notable figures like Danie Craven, a legendary official, national coach, and Springbok scrumhalf, reluctantly complied with government demands to have Māori players excluded from the visiting All Black teams. [84] Craven also asserted that the Springbok was intrinsically tied to the white identity of the national rugby team. [82]
After resigning as Springbok coach in March 1996, Christie's treatment went well enough that he was finally able to fulfill a longtime dream of coaching Northern Transvaal, accepting the head coaching job for the 1997 Super 12 season. However, due to ill-health, he was unable to travel with the team to Australasia early in the season, and he ...
Williams was the Northern Transvaal coach from 1987 to 1991 and coached his team to the Currie Cup final in each year. Northern Transvaal won three of the finals, in 1987, 1988 and 1991 and in 1989 they shared the title with Western Province. In 1992 Williams was appointed Springbok coach.
The Sharks were coached by Former Springbok coach Ian McIntosh between 1996 and 1999, with Hugh Reece-Edwards as his assistant. In 2000, Reece-Edwards took over as coach with Jake White and Allister Coetzee as assistants. All three were replaced the following year however, as Rudolf Straeuli was appointed coach, with Kobus van der Merwe as his ...
In 1987, once again primarily for monetary considerations, Botha moved to the Italian club Rugby Rovigo, where he was coached by the former Springboks coach Nelie Smith and played alongside fellow South Africans Tito Lupini and Gert Smal. During the course of 6 seasons, Botha played 119 games for Rovigo and helped the team winning two National ...
Luke Asher Watson (born 26 October 1983 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African former rugby union footballer who can play at flank or eighthman. He has represented and captained the South African Schools rugby team (2001), South Africa's under-19 (2002) and under-21 (2004) teams, as well as the Springbok Sevens team (2001).
After a poor 2009, Allister Coetzee was appointed the coach and the Stormers reshuffled their squad, bringing in many new faces including Springbok stars Jacque Fourie and Bryan Habana, while losing a host of players such as Springbok centre Jean de Villiers , fullback Percy Montgomery (Retired) and controversial flank Luke Watson . The ...