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 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. His first starting cap for the Springboks was on 31 May 1980 at
Newlands
Newlands may refer to:
Places Australia
* Newlands, Queensland, a locality in the Whitsunday Region
New Zealand
* Newlands, Wellington, a suburb of Wellington
South Africa
* Newlands, Cape Town, a suburb of Cape Town
* Newlands, Johannesbur ...
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
Ruan Pienaar (born 10 March 1984) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays either as a scrum-half or as a fly-half for the in the Currie Cup.
Pienaar is the son of former Springbok fullback Gysie Pienaar. Ruan ...
, a professional rugby player and former
Springbok.
See also
*
List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 506
References
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1954 births
Living people
South African rugby union players
South Africa international rugby union players
Free State Cheetahs players
Rugby union players from Bloemfontein
Rugby union fullbacks