Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm "Edrich" Krantz (born 10 August 1954) is a former South African
rugby union
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player.
Playing career
Krantz played his senior provincial rugby for the
Free State and
Northern Transvaal. He was a member of the Free State team that won the
Currie Cup
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in
1976
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as well as the Northern Transvaal team that won in
1980
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.
Krantz made his test match debut for the
Springboks against the touring
New Zealand
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side captained by
Andy Leslie
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, on 24 July 1976 at the
Kings Park Stadium in
Durban
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and scored a try on test debut. He played one further test match for the Springboks, against the 1981 touring team from
Ireland
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. Krantz also toured with Springboks to South America in
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
and to New Zealand in
1981
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. He played 9 matches for the Springboks on tour and scored 11 tries in tour matches.
Test history
See also
*
List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 487
References
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1954 births
Living people
South African rugby union players
South Africa international rugby union players
Free State Cheetahs players
Blue Bulls players
People from Setsoto Local Municipality
Rugby union players from the Free State (province)
Rugby union wings