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Full name | Daniel Cornelius Francois Human | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 4 March 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bloemfontein, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 114 kg (17 st 13 lb; 251 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | HTS Louis Botha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Cornelius Francois Human (born 3 April 1976) is the current Forwards Coach of the South Africa national rugby union team. He is a former rugby union player who last played for Toulouse in the Top 14 competition. He played as a prop. He has four caps for the Springboks as a player.
Whilst at Toulouse he won the Heineken Cup twice in 2005 and 2010, both times featuring as a replacement. [1] [2]
Following the end of his playing career, Human moved into coaching, with stints at the Cheetahs and Bulls.
In 2020, Human was named forwards coach for the Springboks [3] , and was part of the coaching team for their successful defence of their World Cup title in 2023.