Deon Oosthuysen Explained

Deon Oosthuysen
Birth Name:Deon Eugene Oosthuysen
Birth Date:4 December 1963
Birth Place:Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
Weight:82kg (181lb)
School:Driehoek High, Vanderbijlpark
Ru Position:Wing
Ru Province:Western Transvaal
Northern Transvaal
Ru Provinceyears:1986–1987
1988–1994
Ru Provincecaps:16
140
Ru Provincepoints:?
?
Ru Nationalyears:1992 - 1993
Ru Nationalteam:South Africa
Ru Nationalcaps:0
Ru Nationalpoints:(20)[1]

Deon Eugene Oosthuysen (born 4 December 1963 in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa) is a former South African rugby player. He never played in a test match, but played for South Africa in 12 tour matches.

Rugby career

He played for Western Transvaal (now known as the Leopards) and Northern Transvaal at provincial level.[2] He was known for having a lot of pace and scored 85 tries in 140 matches for Northern Transvaal, which is, at the time of writing (2016), still a record for any Northern Transvaal/Blue Bulls player.[3] Although he originally retired from playing in 1994 due to a hip injury, he made a comeback in 1996.[4]

In addition to playing in 12 tour matches and scoring four tries for South Africa, he was also an accomplished sevens player and was for a while coach of the South African sevens team in the late 1990s.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Oosthuysen los rugby . Quintus . van Rooyen . Afrikaans . Die Burger . South Africa . 20 October 1994 . 15 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425013958/http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/1994/10/20/15/2.html . 25 April 2012 . dead .
  2. http://www.rugby-talk.com/?page_id=14712 Currie Cup Individual Records
  3. http://www.supersport.com/rugby/currie-cup/bluebulls Blue Bulls Statistics
  4. News: Deon Oosthuysen weer reg vir groot rugby . Quintus . van Rooyen . Afrikaans . Die Burger . South Africa . 12 February 1996 . 15 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425070517/http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1996/02/12/12/10.html . 25 April 2012 . dead .
  5. Web site: CNN/SI . South Africa wary of being favorite .