Adrian Geldenhuys (born 11 July 1964) is a former

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player.

Playing career

Geldenhuys made his provincial debut for

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in 1987. He had a very successful first provincial season with Northern Transvaal, winning the

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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

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at Ellis Park. He then played against

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the following week and toured with the Springboks to France and England, playing in two tests against

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, as well as seven tour matches.

Test history

References

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Playing career

Test history

See also

References