Balie Swart

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Balie Swart
Birth nameIzak Stephanus de Villiers Swart
Date of birth (1964-05-18) 18 May 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Malmesbury, Western Cape, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight112 kg (247 lb)
School Paarl Gimnasium
University Stellenbosch University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1987–1991 Western Province 58 ()
1992–1999 Transvaal 108 ()
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1998 Cats 2 ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1993–1996 South Africa 16

Izak Stephanus de Villiers "Balie" Swart (born 18 May 1964) is a South African former rugby union player. He played as a prop, with the ability to play on either the loosehead or the tighthead side. He earned 16 caps for the South Africa national team between 1993 and 1996. [1]

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Playing career

Swart is a product of Paarl Gimnasium and represented and captained the Western Province Schools team at the 1983 Craven Week tournament. He also was selected for the South African Schools team in 1983, once again the captain. After school he played for the University of Stellenbosch before making his provincial debut for Western Province in 1987. [2]

During 1992, he joined Transvaal, now the Golden Lions and until 1999, playing over a hundred games for the union. He was part of the 1993 side that won the Super 10, Lion Cup and Currie Cup in one season.

He had 16 caps for South Africa, from 1993 to 1996, never scoring. He was a member of the winning team at the 1995 World Cup finals, where he played in four games, including as tighthead prop in the 15–12 final win against the All Blacks. He also played in the first edition of the Tri Nations competition, in 1996. Swart also played in fifteen tour matches for the Springboks. [3] [4]

Coaching career

After ending his player career, in 1999, he became a coach and started with the Golden Lions. In 2000 he moved to New Zealand, coaching at Nelson Bays and at the Highlanders. [5] On his return to South Africa he was assistant coach at the Sharks and Springbok scrum coach during the 2007 Rugby World Cup. In 2011 he started working for SA Rugby, assisting coaches and referees with scrum laws and later became involved with SANZAR, working with the referees. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Izak Stephanus de Villiers Swart". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. ↑ Van Rooyen, Quintus (1988). S.A. Rugby Writers Annual 1988. Verwoerdburg: SA Rugby Writers' Society. p. 163. ISBN   0620117222.
  3. ↑ Colquhoun, Andy (2005). South African Rugby Annual 2005. Cape Town: SA Rugby & MWP Media. p. 508.
  4. ↑ Van der Merwe, Floris (2007). Matieland is rugbyland, 1980-2006. Stellenbosch: SUN Press. p. 150. ISBN   9781920109790. OCLC   190836768.
  5. ↑ "Swart named new NPC coach". News24. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Where are 1995 Boks now? - SA Rugbymag". sarugbymag.co.za. Retrieved 4 July 2020.


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