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1992 South Africa Rugby Union Tour Of France And England
The 1992 South Africa rugby union tour of France and England was a series of matches played in October and November 1992 in France and England by the South Africa national rugby union team. The 1992 tour was South Africa's first tour to France since 1974 and to England since 1969–70. Touring party *Coach: John Williams *Assistant coach: Ian Kirkpatrick *Manager: Abie Malan *Assistant manager: Jackie Abrahams Results :''Scores and results list South Africa's points tally first.'' Test Matches First Test: France ---- Second Test: France ---- England See also * History of rugby union matches between France and South Africa *History of rugby union matches between England and South Africa References {{DEFAULTSORT:South Africa 1992 rugby union tours 1992 1992 1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Williams (South African Rugby Union)
Johannes Gerhardus "John" Williams (born 29 October 1946) is a former South African rugby union player and coach. Playing career Williams played his senior provincial rugby in South Africa for . He made his test debut for the Springboks in 1971 against the touring French team on 12 June 1971 at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein. He also played test matches against Australia in 1971, England in 1972, the British Lions in 1974 and the 1976 All Blacks. He played in a further eleven tour matches, scoring one try for the Springboks. Test history Coaching career 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 . In 1992 Williams was appointed as Springbok coach. See also * List of South Africa national rugby union players South Africa national rugby union team players hold several international rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garth Wright
Garth Derick Wright (born 9 September 1963) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career Wright played for Eastern Province and Transvaal in the South African domestic competitions. He made his test debut for the Springboks in the third test against the visiting New Zealand Cavaliers team on 24 May 1986 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. Wright scored his first and only test try in his second test, the fourth test against the Cavaliers. He was capped 7 times and scored 1 try for the Springboks and also played a further five tour matches. Test history See also *List of South Africa national rugby union players South Africa national rugby union team players hold several international records. Several players from the South Africa national rugby union team have joined the IRB and International Hall of Fame. Individual records Career South Africa's '' ... – Springbok no. 548 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Garth 1963 births Living people Rugby un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet Pretorius (rugby Union)
Petrus Ingenas Lourens 'Piet' Pretorius (born 17 August 1964) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career Pretorius played his provincial rugby for Northern Transvaal and made his debut for the union on 1989. He was a member of the Northern Transvaal team that won the Currie Cup in 1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil .... Pretorius toured with the Springboks to France and England in 1992. He did not play in any test matches on tour, but played in six tour matches for the Springboks. See also * List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 577 References 1964 births Living people South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players Blue Bulls players People from Lephalale Local Munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wahl Bartmann
Wahl Justice Bartmann (born 13 June 1963) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career Bartmann matriculated in 1981 and represented the South African Schools team in the same year. In 1982 Bartmann enrolled at the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), in Johannesburg and made his debut for Transvaal as a nineteen year old. His two brothers, Leon and Francois, also represented Transvaal at provincial level. Bartmann also played for Natal and captained the team 45 times and was part of the team that won the Currie Cup in 1990 and 1992. Bartmann made his test debut for the Springboks against the visiting New Zealand Cavaliers on 10 May 1986 at Newlands in Cape Town. In so doing, Bartmann became the first alumnus of RAU to receive Springbok colours for rugby. He toured with the Springboks to Argentina in 1993 and to New Zealand in 1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Atherton
Stephen Atherton (born 17 March 1965) is a South African former rugby union player who played as a lock or flanker. Playing career Atherton represented the Natal Schools team, together with players such as Gary Teichmann and Joel Stransky, at the annual Craven Week in 1984 held in Bloemfontein. He made his debut for the Natal senior side in 1988 and played 165 matches for Natal over a thirteen-year period and was a member of the Currie Cup winning teams in 1990, 1992 and 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 .... Atherton toured with the Springboks to France and England in 1992, but did not play in any test matches. He made his test debut for South Africa during the 1993 tour of Argentina, in first test on 5 November 1993 at the Ferrocarril Oeste Stadium in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Malan
Adolf Weich Malan (born 6 September 1961) is a former South African rugby union player. He played 159 matches for Northern Transvaal. His usual position was as lock, where he also played for the national team, the Springboks. Playing career Malan made his debut for South Africa on 26 August 1989 against a World XV team. The match was played at Newlands in Cape Town, and Malan started at lock, with the Springboks winning 20 to 19. He played in the subsequent test against the World XV, which was won 22 to 16 at Ellis Park. Malan next played for the Springboks in 1992, when he earned five international caps for South Africa, the first of which was against the All Blacks at Ellis Park, which the Springboks lost 24 to 27, as well as the following test against Australia. He then played in two tests against France in France, winning one and losing one. Malan's last test was on 14 November 1992 against England. Malan was known as a strong ball winner in the line–out. Test history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drikus Hattingh
Hendrikus 'Drikus' Hattingh (born 21 February 1968) is a former South African rugby union player, who played at lock. Playing career Hattingh played Craven Week rugby for Western Transvaal in 1985. He made his provincial debut for Northern Transvaal in 1991 and his international debut for the Springboks on 22 August 1992 against Australia at Newlands in Cape Town, when he replaced Adri Geldenhuys Adrian Geldenhuys (born 11 July 1964) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career Geldenhuys made his provincial debut for Northern Transvaal in 1987. He had a very successful first provincial season with Northern Transvaal, win ... in the first half. Hattingh played in five test matches and twelve tour matches for the Springboks, scoring four tries in tour matches. Test history See also * List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 568 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hattingh, Drikus 1968 births Living people South African rugby uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adri Geldenhuys
Adrian Geldenhuys (born 11 July 1964) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career Geldenhuys made his provincial debut for Northern Transvaal in 1987. He had a very successful first provincial season with Northern Transvaal, winning the 1987 Currie Cup title and being nominated as one of the South African Players of the Year, the first player ever to be voted for this honour in his first year of first class rugby. In 1990, Geldenhuys relocated to the Eastern Cape and continued his career with Eastern Province. Geldenhuys made his test debut for South Africa on 15 August 1992 against the All Blacks at Ellis Park. He then played against Australia the following week and toured with the Springboks to France and England, playing in two tests against France, as well as seven tour matches. Test history See also *List of South Africa national rugby union players South Africa national rugby union team players hold several international records. Several players fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Roberts (rugby Player)
Harry Roberts (born 13 December 1960 in Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia) is a former South African rugby union player. He was qualified to play for both South Africa and Scotland. Rugby Union career Amateur career In 1987, Roberts moved to Leicester and spent a couple of years at the club. The following season he played for London Scottish. Provincial career Roberts made his debut for Transvaal in 1985 and played 16 matches for Transvaal in 1985 and 1986., after which he returned to Transvaal and played a further 79 matches for the union. He was a member of the Transvaal teams that lost in the Currie Cup finals of 1991 and 1992. He played for the Scottish Exiles in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. International career He was capped by Scotland 'B' to play against Ireland 'B' on 22 December 1990. Roberts toured with the Springboks to France and England in 1992. He did not play in any test matches on tour, but played in six tour matches and scored one try for the Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries Truscott
Johannes Andries Truscott (born 22 July 1968) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career A product off Grey College in Bloemfontein, Truscott represented the Schools team at the annual Craven Week tournament in 1986 and was then selected for the South African Schools team. After school he moved to Transvaal and played for the under 20 teams in 1987 and in 1988 he relocated to , also playing for the under 20 team. He made his senior provincial debut for Northern Transvaal in 1990. Truscott toured with the Springboks in 1992 to France and England. He did not play in any test matches for the Springboks but played in four tour matches. In 1993, Truscott received a two-year ban after testing positive for the use of the banned stimulant. Truscott returned during the 1996 season, and represented Northern Transvaal in the inaugural Super 12. He was subsequently included the 1996 Springbok squad for the Tri-Nations, but did not play in any matches. See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Hills
Willem Gerhardus "Willie" Hills (born 26 January 1962) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career Hills represented the Northern Transvaal Schools team and under–20 team as a flanker and made his debut for the Northern Transvaal senior team in 1990, playing hooker. Hills toured with the Springboks to France and England in 1992, when he was originally included at tighthead, and made his test debut at hooker against France on 17 October 1992 at Stade de Gerland in Lyon. Hills got injured in the first test against Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ... in 1993, playing loosehead, effectively ending his test career. He played six test matches and seven tour matches for the Springboks. Test history See also * List of South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Andrews (rugby Player)
Keith Steven Andrews (born 3 May 1962) is a South African former rugby union player. Playing career Andrews completed his schooling at Selborne College in East London in the Eastern Cape, where played as a Flank. He also played Flank for the Western Province under–20 team after he moved to Cape Town to study at the University of Cape Town. He made his senior provincial debut for Western Province in 1985 as a Tighthead prop and spent 13 seasons with Western Province and was part of the Western Province team that won the Currie Cup in 1986 and 1997. He made his test debut for the Springboks against England on 14 November 1992 at Twickenham in London. His last test match was the drawn test against New Zealand on 6 August 1994 at Eden Park in Auckland. Andrews played nine test matches and twenty–two tour matched for the Springboks. Test history Accolades Andrews was voted one of the five South African Young Players of the Year for 1986, along with Martin Knoetze, Hendr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |