Johannes Christoffel Breedt (born 4 June 1959) is a South African former

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player.

Playing career

Breedt played for Northern Transvaal and

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in the South African provincial competitions. He made his debut for Northern Transvaal in 1981 and in 1985 he relocated to Transvaal. He played 118 matches for Transvaal and captained the side on a 102 occasions, the first player to captain the province more than a hundred times. He led his team to four

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finals, finishing runner–up on each occasion. Breedt made his test debut for the Springboks against the visiting

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on 10 May 1986 at Newlands in Cape Town. In 1989, Breedt was appointed as Springbok captain for the two test matches against the World XV and so became the 41st Springbok test captain. He was capped 8 times for the Springboks.

Test history

Accolades

Breedt was one of the five nominees for 1985 SA Rugby player of the Year award. The other nominees for the award were

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and the eventual winner of the award, Naas Botha.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Breedt, Jannie 1959 births Living people South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players People from Kempton Park, Gauteng Golden Lions players Rugby union players from Gauteng Rugby union number eights Rugby union flankers

Playing career

Test history

Accolades

See also

References