Pieter Louw (born 24 January 1985) is a South African

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 it ...

footballer. His usual position was flank. Louw played junior rugby at Boland, later moving to

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to play

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for

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side. He played Super Rugby for Stormers. He also featured in the WP game against

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in 2009. He spent the most time at top level as a cover player for

Schalk Burger Schalk Willem Petrus Burger Jr. (born 13 April 1983) is a South African former professional rugby union player. He played as a flanker for Saracens in the English Premiership and has won 86 caps for South Africa. He was a member of the 2007 ...

and later for

Francois Louw Francois Louw (born 15 June 1985) is a South African former professional rugby union player. A flanker, he played for , the Stormers and English club . He won 76 international caps for South Africa, and was part of the team that won the 2019 R ...

. Pieter Louw finished his playing career in 2011 at the age of 26 after three seasons of Super Rugby, then pursuing a business career. He was invited back to Stormers in 2012 while they had many injuries in the back-row, but he turned down the offer, so they loaned Canadian player

Jebb Sinclair Jebb Sinclair (born 4 August 1986) is a Canadian rugby union player who played most recently for London Irish. Released from his contract over the summer of 2017, he is now coaching in Canada. Sinclair is a flanker but can also provide cover in th ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Louw, Pieter 1985 births Living people South African rugby union players Rugby union flankers Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent Western Province (rugby union) players Stormers players Rugby union players from Cape Town Alumni of Paarl Boys' High School