List of Cheetahs (rugby union) players

This is a list of rugby union footballers who have played for the Cheetahs in Super Rugby, the Pro14 and the EPCR Challenge Cup. ^{[1] [2]} The list includes any player that has played in a regular season match, semi-final or final for the Cheetahs, ordered by debut date and name. The Cheetahs competed in Super Rugby in 1997 as Free State and as the Cheetahs between 2006 and 2017 and then in Super Rugby Unlocked in 2020, the Pro14 between 2017 and 2020 and the EPCR Challenge Cup since 2022. ^[3]

Super Rugby players (2014–2020)

No.	Name	Caps	Tries	C	P	DG	Points	Debut	Last
1	Lood de Jager	23	1				5	15/02/2014	28/05/2016
2	Johan Goosen	14	1	21	30	2	143	15/02/2014	12/07/2014
3	Cornal Hendricks	27	11				55	15/02/2014	06/06/2015
4	Lappies Labuschagné	8						15/02/2014	12/04/2014
5	Willie le Roux	25	5				25	15/02/2014	13/06/2015
6	Caylib Oosthuizen	19						15/02/2014	02/05/2015
7	Coenie Oosthuizen	17						15/02/2014	18/04/2015
8	Boom Prinsloo	38	13				65	15/02/2014	18/03/2017
9	Raymond Rhule	50	14				70	15/02/2014	14/07/2017
10	Johann Sadie	24	3				15	15/02/2014	25/04/2015
11	Adriaan Strauss	16						15/02/2014	12/07/2014
12	Francois Uys	57	1	1			7	15/02/2014	27/05/2017
13	Philip van der Walt	8	2				10	15/02/2014	12/07/2014
14	Francois Venter	44	14				70	15/02/2014	14/07/2017
15	Shaun Venter	46	1				5	15/02/2014	14/07/2017
16	Trevor Nyakane	15	1				5	15/02/2014	05/07/2014
17	Sarel Pretorius	24	5				25	15/02/2014	13/06/2015
18	Jean Cook	17	2				10	15/02/2014	21/03/2015
19	Elgar Watts	13	1	10	8		49	15/02/2014	12/07/2014
20	Rayno Benjamin	30	8				40	15/02/2014	18/03/2017
21	Rynard Landman	4						15/02/2014	07/03/2014
22	Maks van Dyk	39						15/02/2014	16/07/2016
23	Hennie Daniller	14	2				10	28/02/2014	12/07/2014
24	Ryno Barnes	4	1				5	28/02/2014	19/04/2014
25	Rossouw de Klerk	7						07/03/2014	26/04/2014
26	Andries Ferreira	6						15/03/2014	03/05/2014
27	Oupa Mohojé	41	5				25	05/04/2014	21/11/2020
28	Howard Mnisi	3	1				5	05/04/2014	21/11/2020
29	Heinrich Brüssow	12	3				15	19/04/2014	18/04/2015
30	Torsten van Jaarsveld	48	10				50	26/04/2014	27/05/2017
31	Waltie Vermeulen	3						26/04/2014	17/05/2014
32	Riaan Smit	1						26/04/2014	26/04/2014
33	Boela Serfontein	3						10/05/2014	24/05/2014
34	Hilton Lobberts	7	1				5	24/05/2014	22/04/2016
35	Carel Greeff	6	2				10	24/05/2014	30/05/2015
36	Tian Meyer	49	4				20	24/05/2014	21/11/2020
37	Gouws Prinsloo	1						24/05/2014	24/05/2014
38	Carl Wegner	47	3				15	05/07/2014	21/11/2020
39	Luan de Bruin	13						12/07/2014	14/11/2020
40	Henco Venter	30	1				5	12/07/2014	01/07/2017
41	Kevin Stevens	1						12/07/2014	12/07/2014
42	Clayton Blommetjies	44	6				30	14/02/2015	21/11/2020
43	Willie Britz	12						14/02/2015	07/05/2016
44	Danie Mienie	19						14/02/2015	18/03/2017
45	Joe Pietersen	11		19	16	2	92	14/02/2015	30/05/2015
46	Michael van der Spuy	18	3				15	14/02/2015	18/03/2017
47	Willie du Plessis	8		2	1		7	14/02/2015	25/04/2015
48	BG Uys	14						14/02/2015	13/06/2015
49	Tienie Burger	11						27/02/2015	06/06/2015
50	Steven Sykes	14	1				5	07/03/2015	13/06/2015
51	Stephan Coetzee	11						07/03/2015	30/05/2015
52	Francois Brummer	3		4	2		14	14/03/2015	23/05/2015
53	Coenie van Wyk	6		5			10	18/04/2015	13/06/2015
54	Sergeal Petersen	28	12				60	02/05/2015	01/07/2017
55	Dolph Botha	1						02/05/2015	02/05/2015
56	Danie Dames	1						02/05/2015	02/05/2015
57	Ewald van der Westhuizen	6						02/05/2015	13/06/2015
58	Niell Jordaan	19	1				5	06/06/2015	14/07/2017
59	Niel Marais	27	3	42	17		150	06/06/2015	14/07/2017
60	Gerhard Olivier	2						06/06/2015	13/06/2015
61	Elandré Huggett	16	3				15	06/06/2015	01/07/2017
62	Renier Botha	1						13/06/2015	13/06/2015
63	Uzair Cassiem	25	8				40	26/02/2016	14/07/2017
64	Charles Marais	33						26/02/2016	14/11/2020
65	William Small-Smith	18	3				15	26/02/2016	21/11/2020
66	Fred Zeilinga	29	1	37	40		187	26/02/2016	14/07/2017
67	Paul Schoeman	24	7				35	26/02/2016	05/05/2017
68	Ox Nché	25	2				10	26/02/2016	14/07/2017
69	Reniel Hugo	8	1				5	26/02/2016	14/07/2017
70	Jacques du Toit	11	2				10	26/02/2016	21/11/2020
71	Aranos Coetzee	22						12/03/2016	14/07/2017
72	Sias Ebersohn	1						12/03/2016	12/03/2016
73	Joubert Engelbrecht	1						26/03/2016	26/03/2016
74	Nico Lee	14						02/04/2016	29/04/2017
75	Armandt Koster	14						14/05/2016	14/07/2017
76	Joseph Dweba	6	1				5	02/07/2016	14/07/2017
77	George Whitehead	3		1			2	02/07/2016	16/07/2016
78	Justin Basson	5	1				5	25/02/2017	01/07/2017
79	Clinton Swart	11	4				20	25/02/2017	14/07/2017
80	Zee Mkhabela	2						25/02/2017	11/03/2017
81	Ali Mgijima	1						11/03/2017	11/03/2017
82	Ruan van Rensburg	5						11/03/2017	14/07/2017
83	Tom Botha	10						11/03/2017	14/07/2017
84	JW Jonker	1	1				5	25/03/2017	25/03/2017
85	Luther Obi	1						01/04/2017	01/04/2017
86	Junior Pokomela	6	1				5	15/04/2017	14/11/2020
87	Chris Dry	2						01/07/2017	14/07/2017
88	Reinach Venter	6						14/07/2017	21/11/2020
89	Malcolm Jaer	4	3				15	10/10/2020	14/11/2020
90	Benhard Janse van Rensburg	2						10/10/2020	16/10/2020
91	Andisa Ntsila	5	1				5	10/10/2020	21/11/2020
92	Ruan Pienaar	2	1	5	1		18	10/10/2020	16/10/2020
93	Tian Schoeman	5		3	10		36	10/10/2020	21/11/2020
94	Rosko Specman	5	4				20	10/10/2020	21/11/2020
95	Walt Steenkamp	4						10/10/2020	21/11/2020
96	François Steyn	4						10/10/2020	21/11/2020
97	Jasper Wiese	2						10/10/2020	16/10/2020
98	JP du Preez	5						10/10/2020	21/11/2020
99	Louis van der Westhuizen	1						10/10/2020	10/10/2020
100	Boan Venter	5						10/10/2020	21/11/2020
101	Erich de Jager	2						10/10/2020	16/10/2020
102	Aidon Davis	4						10/10/2020	14/11/2020
103	Chris Massyn	3						10/10/2020	21/11/2020
104	Chris Smit	2						06/11/2020	14/11/2020
105	Jeandré Rudolph	3	1				5	06/11/2020	21/11/2020
106	Ruben de Haas	3	1				5	06/11/2020	21/11/2020
107	Khutha Mchunu	3						06/11/2020	21/11/2020
108	Ian Groenewald	2						14/11/2020	21/11/2020
109	Marnus van der Merwe	1						14/11/2020	14/11/2020
110	Reinhardt Fortuin	2		1			2	14/11/2020	21/11/2020
111	Rhyno Smith	1						21/11/2020	21/11/2020
112	Hencus van Wyk	1						21/11/2020	21/11/2020
113	Cameron Dawson	1						21/11/2020	21/11/2020

^[a]

1. Due to lack of archived evidence, only players who represented the Cheetahs from the 2014 Super Rugby season to the Super Rugby Unlocked competition in 2020 are listed here.

Other Super Rugby players

The following players have represented the Cheetahs in Super Rugby prior to 2014, however due to lack of archived evidence no confirmed number of appearances and points can be confirmed for these players. Due to the lack of archived evidence, this list is incomplete.

• Lourens Adriaanse
• Chris Badenhorst
• Skipper Badenhorst
• Bjorn Basson
• Conrad Barnard
• Meyer Bosman
• Tobie Botes
• Jean Botha
• Nico Breedt
• Stephen Brink
• Philip Burger
• Jacobus Calldo
• Tertius Carse
• Michael Claassens
• Hanno Coetzee
• Jaco Coetzee
• Jacques Coetzee
• Ronnie Cooke
• Jannie de Beer
• Tewis de Bruyn
• Danwel Demas
• David de Villiers
• Willem de Waal
• Justin Downey
• Naka Drotské
• Rory Duncan
• Jannie du Plessis
• Wian du Preez
• Os du Randt
• Gaffie du Toit
• George Earle
• Robert Ebersohn
• Wybrand Els
• Rassie Erasmus
• Kabamba Floors
• Bevin Fortuin
• Burton Francis
• Eddie Fredericks
• Barry Geel
• Barry Goodes
• Cobus Grobler
• Dirk Groenewald
• Jacobus Heymans
• Alwyn Hollenbach
• Marnus Hugo
• Cameron Jacobs
• Rocco Jansen
• Ashley Johnson
• Marius Joubert
• Fabian Juries
• Leon Karemaker
• Gareth Krause
• Hendrik Kruger
• Herkie Kruger
• Stuart Landman
• Trevor Leota
• Ollie le Roux
• Hercú Liebenberg
• Tiaan Liebenberg
• Keith Lowen
• Wilmaure Louw
• Tiger Mangweni
• Lionel Mapoe
• Hendrik Meyer
• Willie Meyer
• Helgard Müller
• Martin Muller
• Harold Myburgh
• Pieter Myburgh
• WP Nel
• Darron Nell
• Dusty Noble
• Jongi Nokwe
• Gerrie Odendaal
• Falie Oelschig
• Naas Olivier
• Ryno Opperman
• Gavin Passens
• Giscard Peters
• Barend Pieterse
• Christo Potgieter
• Jacques-Louis Potgieter
• Davon Raubenheimer
• Bees Roux
• Nico Scheepers
• Hendro Scholtz
• Dewald Senekal
• Juan Smith
• MJ Smith
• Philip Snyman
• Wilhelm Steenkamp
• Andries Strauss
• Richardt Strauss
• Louis Strydom
• Werner Swanepoel
• Corne Uys
• Ronnie Uys
• CJ van der Linde
• Flip van der Merwe
• Marcel van der Merwe
• Ryno van der Merwe
• Izak van der Westhuizen
• Hans van Dyk
• Wayne van Heerden
• Charl van Rensburg
• Jan-Harm van Wyk
• Corniel van Zyl
• Ockie van Zyl
• Piet van Zyl
• André Venter
• Brendan Venter
• Bian Vermaak
• Duane Vermeulen
• Frans Viljoen
• Riaan Viljoen
• Johan Wessels
• Sinethemba Zweni

Pro14 players

No.	Name	Caps	Tries	C	P	DG	Points	Debut	Last
1	Justin Basson	25						01/09/2017	23/03/2019
2	Clayton Blommetjies	25	10				50	01/09/2017	29/02/2020
3	Aranos Coetzee	52						01/09/2017	29/02/2020
4	Jacques du Toit	26	2				10	01/09/2017	01/03/2019
5	Reniel Hugo	21	1				5	01/09/2017	05/05/2018
6	Niell Jordaan	9						01/09/2017	02/02/2019
7	Makazole Mapimpi	13	10				50	01/09/2017	20/01/2018
8	Charles Marais	43						01/09/2017	29/02/2020
9	Ali Mgijima	3						01/09/2017	04/11/2017
10	Sergeal Petersen	7	3				15	01/09/2017	28/10/2017
11	Paul Schoeman	21	2				10	01/09/2017	05/05/2018
12	William Small-Smith	47	11	3			61	01/09/2017	29/02/2020
13	Rosko Specman	4	1				5	01/09/2017	06/10/2017
14	Henco Venter	27	2				10	01/09/2017	11/10/2019
15	Shaun Venter	36	13				65	01/09/2017	27/04/2019
16	Cecil Afrika	2						01/09/2017	16/09/2017
17	Rayno Benjamin	2						01/09/2017	09/09/2017
18	Rynier Bernardo	20	1				5	01/09/2017	05/05/2018
19	Ox Nché	42	6				30	01/09/2017	26/10/2019
20	Torsten van Jaarsveld	21	6				30	01/09/2017	05/05/2018
21	Tian Meyer	44	5				25	01/09/2017	29/02/2020
22	Tom Botha	20						01/09/2017	05/05/2018
23	Gerhard Olivier	30	2				10	01/09/2017	29/02/2020
24	Robbie Petzer	1		1	2		8	09/09/2017	09/09/2017
25	Francois Venter	16	3				15	09/09/2017	05/05/2018
26	Armandt Koster	1						09/09/2017	09/09/2017
27	Luther Obi	6	2				10	16/09/2017	03/03/2018
28	Junior Pokomela	40	7				35	16/09/2017	29/02/2020
29	Ernst Stapelberg	8		15	14		72	16/09/2017	02/02/2019
30	Chris Dry	1						16/09/2017	16/09/2017
31	Nico Lee	29	9				45	16/09/2017	16/02/2019
32	Oupa Mohojé	17	2				10	22/09/2017	01/09/2018
33	Raymond Rhule	2						29/09/2017	28/10/2017
34	Fred Zeilinga	12	1	24	11		86	28/10/2017	07/04/2018
35	Carl Wegner	12						28/10/2017	05/05/2018
36	Tertius Kruger	2						04/11/2017	24/11/2017
37	Jasper Wiese	19	3				15	04/11/2017	22/02/2020
38	Dennis Visser	2						04/11/2017	15/09/2018
39	Craig Barry	13	4				20	24/11/2017	29/02/2020
40	Daniel Maartens	11	3				15	24/11/2017	01/02/2020
41	Rabz Maxwane	31	19				95	02/12/2017	15/02/2020
42	Uzair Cassiem	12	4				20	06/01/2018	05/05/2018
43	AJ Coertzen	5						06/01/2018	07/04/2018
44	Niel Marais	12	1	14	10		63	06/01/2018	05/05/2018
45	Zee Mkhabela	9						06/01/2018	05/05/2018
46	Joseph Dweba	31	13				65	20/01/2018	29/02/2020
47	Clinton Swart	6						20/01/2018	05/05/2018
48	Malcolm Jaer	18	7				35	10/02/2018	27/04/2019
49	Luan de Bruin	25	2				10	16/02/2018	29/02/2020
50	Erich de Jager	11						24/03/2018	25/01/2020
51	Johan Goosen	3		2	2		10	13/04/2018	05/05/2018
52	Lloyd Greeff	2						28/04/2018	05/05/2018
53	JP du Preez	32						01/09/2018	29/02/2020
54	Benhard Janse van Rensburg	33	6	1	1		35	01/09/2018	29/02/2020
55	Tian Schoeman	33	2	67	5		159	01/09/2018	29/02/2020
56	Aidon Davis	11	1				5	01/09/2018	29/02/2020
57	Walt Steenkamp	33	2				10	01/09/2018	29/02/2020
58	Ryno Eksteen	3						01/09/2018	27/10/2018
59	Marnus van der Merwe	11						08/09/2018	04/01/2020
60	Günther Janse van Vuuren	1						15/09/2018	15/09/2018
61	Stephan Malan	3						21/09/2018	05/10/2018
62	Louis Fouché	23	5	5	2		41	21/09/2018	29/02/2020
63	Abongile Nonkontwana	16	2				10	05/10/2018	27/04/2019
64	Rhyno Smith	17	11				55	27/10/2018	29/02/2020
65	Sintu Manjezi	25	3				15	27/10/2018	29/02/2020
66	Reinach Venter	16	4				20	27/10/2018	30/11/2019
67	Rudy Paige	10						24/11/2018	27/04/2019
68	Darren Adonis	3						01/12/2018	27/04/2019
69	Dries Swanepoel	11	1				5	26/01/2019	26/10/2019
70	Carel-Jan Coetzee	1						06/04/2019	06/04/2019
71	Boan Venter	14	1				5	27/04/2019	29/02/2020
72	Ruan Pienaar	12	1	25	6		73	27/09/2019	22/02/2020
73	Anthony Volmink	6	3				15	27/09/2019	25/01/2020
74	Sias Koen	7	1				5	27/09/2019	29/02/2020
75	Neethling Fouché	2						05/10/2019	11/10/2019
76	Wilmar Arnoldi	10	3				15	26/10/2019	29/02/2020
77	George Whitehead	4			1		3	02/11/2019	25/01/2020
78	Chris Massyn	6	1				5	30/11/2019	22/02/2020
79	Chris Smit	5						30/11/2019	29/02/2020

EPCR Challenge Cup players

No.	Name	Caps	Tries	C	P	DG	Points	Debut	Last
1	David Brits	5						08/12/2022	01/04/2023
2	Aranos Coetzee	11						08/12/2022	18/01/2025
3	Schalk Ferreira	11						08/12/2022	14/12/2024
4	Reinhardt Fortuin	8	2				10	08/12/2022	20/01/2024
5	Daniel Kasende	8	2				10	08/12/2022	06/04/2024
6	Tapiwa Mafura	10	1				5	08/12/2022	06/04/2024
7	Siya Masuku	4		2	5		19	08/12/2022	22/01/2023
8	Oupa Mohojé	6	1				5	08/12/2022	14/12/2024
9	Friedle Olivier	13	1				5	08/12/2022	18/01/2025
10	Ruan Pienaar	8	1	18	11		74	08/12/2022	06/04/2024
11	Jeandré Rudolph	14	3				15	08/12/2022	18/01/2025
12	Victor Sekekete	14						08/12/2022	18/01/2025
13	François Steyn	1						08/12/2022	08/12/2022
14	Louis van der Westhuizen	13	4				20	08/12/2022	18/01/2025
15	Mzwanele Zito	6						08/12/2022	06/04/2024
16	Daniel Maartens	13	4				20	08/12/2022	18/01/2025
17	Rynier Bernardo	9	1				5	08/12/2022	20/01/2024
18	Marko Janse van Rensburg	7	1				5	08/12/2022	06/04/2024
19	Mzamo Majola	2						08/12/2022	17/12/2022
20	Hencus van Wyk	13						08/12/2022	18/01/2025
21	Robert Ebersohn	5						08/12/2022	01/04/2023
22	Rewan Kruger	12						08/12/2022	14/12/2024
23	Sibabalo Qoma	8	2				10	08/12/2022	06/04/2024
24	Munier Hartzenberg	11	3				15	17/12/2022	18/01/2025
25	Andell Loubser	3						13/01/2023	06/04/2024
26	Alulutho Tshakweni	8						13/01/2023	06/04/2024
27	Branden de Kock	2						08/12/2022	01/04/2023
28	Evardi Boshoff	5						22/01/2023	20/01/2024
29	Gideon van der Merwe	8	1				5	01/04/2023	14/12/2024
30	Marnus van der Merwe	4	3				15	01/04/2023	20/01/2024
31	Nqoba Mxoli	1						01/04/2023	01/04/2023
32	Cohen Jasper	7	4				20	01/04/2023	18/01/2025
33	George Lourens	6						09/12/2023	14/12/2024
34	Laurence Victor	5						09/12/2023	18/01/2025
35	Siba Xamlashe	1						09/12/2023	09/12/2023
36	Ali Mgijima	7						09/12/2023	18/01/2025
37	Carl Wegner	7						09/12/2023	14/12/2024
38	Cameron Dawson	1						17/12/2023	17/12/2023
39	Abner van Reenen	2						20/01/2024	06/04/2024
40	Litha Nkula	2						06/04/2024	18/01/2025
41	Michael Annies	3	1				5	08/12/2024	12/01/2025
42	Carel-Jan Coetzee	4						08/12/2024	18/01/2025
43	Ruben de Haas	4	1				5	08/12/2024	18/01/2025
44	Prince Nkabinde	3	1				5	08/12/2024	18/01/2025
45	Ethan Wentzel	3		4	3		17	08/12/2024	12/01/2025
46	Robert Hunt	2						08/12/2024	14/12/2024
47	Vernon Paulo	4						08/12/2024	18/01/2025
48	Pierre-Raymond Uys	4						08/12/2024	18/01/2025
49	Pieter Jansen van Vuren	2						12/01/2025	18/01/2025
50	Corné Fourie	2						12/01/2025	18/01/2025
51	Jandré Nel	2						12/01/2025	18/01/2025
52	Sisonke Vumazonke	2						12/01/2025	18/01/2025
53	Franco Smith	1						18/01/2025	18/01/2025
54	Neels Volschenk	1	1				5	18/01/2025	18/01/2025

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