Johannes Petrus "Duimpie" Theron (born 7 May 1979) is a South African-born

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who played for the

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and represented Namibia during the

1999 Rugby World Cup The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial international rugby union championship. It was principally hosted by Wales, and was won by Australia. This was the first Rugby World Cup to be held in the sport's professi ...

Playing career

Theron played eight

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for . His debut was in 1998, as a nineteen-year-old, in the Rugby World Cup qualifier against in

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. Theron played in three matches during the pool stages at the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Shortly after the World Cup, he also played in a test match against , after which his next and final test was only five years later in 2004, against .

Test history

References

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