Wim Visser Explained

Wim Visser
Full Name:Wilhelmus Visser
Birth Date:27 March 1970
Birth Place:Durban, South Africa
Height:6 ft 5 in
Weight:252 lb
Position:Lock
Repyears1:1999–2001
Repcaps1:22
Reppoints1:5

Wilhelmus Visser (born 27 March 1970) is a South African rugby union player who represented Italy.[1]

Visser, Durban-born and Maritzburg College educated, played rugby union in Italy and qualified for their national team through residency.[2] Much of his Italian domestic rugby was with the highly successful Benetton Treviso side.[3]

Usually a lock, Visser was capped in 22 Tests for Italy, including four appearance against his country of birth. He was Italy's number eight when they upset reigning champions Scotland on their Six Nations tournament debut in 2000.[4]

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  1. News: Senyatsi . Endy . Rugby legends motivate up and coming players . . 10 July 2015.
  2. News: Fumero . Duccio . Rugby, quando l'equiparato non è una soluzione. Tante naturalizzazioni per l'Italia: quali davvero utili? Da Visser a Ioane, 22 anni di stranieri in azzurro . OA Sport . 3 August 2022 . it-IT.
  3. News: Conegliano adesso sogna con Moscardi . . 6 August 2003 . it.
  4. News: Champs cop a hiding in one-time whipping boys' cracking debut . . 7 February 2000.