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Gysie Pienaar
Zacharias Matheus Johannes 'Gysie' Pienaar (born 21 December 1954 in Bloemfontein, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career Pienaar played for the Free State Cheetahs, Free State and the Springboks. He made his test debut against the visiting South American Jaguars team on 3 May 1980 as a replacement in the second half for Pierre Edwards (rugby union), Pierre Edwards. His first starting cap for the Springboks was on 31 May 1980 at Newlands Stadium, Newlands in Cape Town against the touring British and Irish Lions team captained by Bill Beaumont. Pienaar was capped 13 times for the Springboks, scored 2 tries and converted two penalty goals for a total of 14 test points. Test history Accolades Pienaar was named the SA Rugby player of the Year for 1980. Personal Pienaar is the father of Ruan Pienaar, a professional rugby player and former Springboks, Springbok. See also *List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein, ( ; , "fountain of flowers") also known as Bloem, is one of South Africa's three capital cities and the capital of the Free State (province), Free State province. It serves as the country's judicial capital, along with legislative capital Cape Town and Administration (government), administrative capital Pretoria. Bloemfontein is the seventh-largest city in South Africa. Situated at an elevation of above sea level, the city is home to approximately 520,000 residents and forms part of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality which has a population of 747,431. It was one of the host cities for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The city of Bloemfontein hosts the Supreme Court of Appeal (South Africa), Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, the Franklin Game Reserve, :af:Naval Hill, Naval Hill, the Maselspoort, Maselspoort Resort and the :af:Sand du Plessis-teaterkompleks, Sand du Plessis Theatre. The city hosts numerous museums, including the National Women's Monument, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
