Fritz van Heerden

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use South African English Template:BLP sources Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other Frederick Johannes "Fritz" van Heerden (born 29 June 1970) is a former South African rugby union player who played international rugby for the Springboks, making his debut on 4 June 1994 in Pretoria against the England touring side.[1] Van Heerden played rugby with Western Province and Leicester Tigers.

Playing career

Van Heerden matriculated at Roodepoort High School in 1988 and represented Template:Rut at the annual Craven Week tournament in 1988. In 1991 he enrolled for a law degree at the University of Stellenbosch and represented Maties on the rugby field. He made his senior provincial debut in July 1991, when he replaced the injured Gert Smal, in the Template:Rut team. In 1996 he was named the Western Province captain.[2][3]

He joined Leicester Tigers in 1997, following fellow South African Joel Stransky, and joining up with Martin Johnson, and replacing Matt Poole who acquired a knee injury at about the same time with Dean Richards (normally a number eight) playing lock. Also able to play flanker, he complemented Johnson's more powerful play with mobility, but perhaps more importantly he pioneered the contesting of the opposition's line-out throws.

He returned to South Africa in 1999 to try to play for his country in the 1999 World Cup, and was drafted into the side late as a replacement for Selborne Boome, playing against Spain. After the World Cup, he returned to Leicester where he helped in the development of England lock Ben Kay. He retired.

Test history

No. Opponents Results
(SA 1st)		 Position Tries Dates Venue
1. Template:Country data ENG 15–32 Flank 4 Jun 1994 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
2. Template:Country data ENG 27–9 Replacement 11 Jun 1994 Newlands, Cape Town
3. Template:Country data NZL 18–18 Flank 6 Aug 1994 Eden Park, Auckland
4. Template:Country data ITA 40–21 Flank 12 Nov 1995 Stadio Olimpico, Rome
5. Template:Country data ENG 24–14 Flank 18 Nov 1995 Twickenham, London
6. Template:Country data NZL 32–22 Replacement 31 Aug 1996 Ellis Park, Johannesburg
7. Template:Country data ARG 46–15 Replacement 9 Nov 1996 Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires
8. Template:Country data ARG 44–21 Replacement 16 Nov 1996 Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires
9. Template:Country data TON 74–10 Lock 1 10 Jun 1997 Newlands, Cape Town
10. Template:Country data British and Irish Lions 15–18 Replacement 28 Jun 1997 Kings Park, Durban
11. Template:Country data British and Irish LionsTemplate:Namespace detect showallScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". British Lions 35–16 Replacement 5 Jul 1997 Ellis Park, Johannesburg
12. Template:Country data NZL 32–35 Replacement 19 Jul 1997 Ellis Park, Johannesburg
13. Template:Country data NZL 35–55 Replacement 9 Aug 1997 Eden Park, Auckland
14. Template:Country data ESP 47–3 Lock 10 Oct 1999 Murrayfield, Edinburgh

See also

References

Template:Reflist

External links

Template:South Africa 1999 Rugby World Cup squad

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