Piet Kruger

Piet Kruger

Birth name	Petrus Ebersohn Kruger
Date of birth	(1958-04-11) 11 April 1958 (age 67)
Place of birth	Brits, North West, South Africa
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
School	Brits High School
University	University of Pretoria
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead prop Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1981–1985 Northern Transvaal 64 () 1986– Transvaal () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1986 South Africa 2

Petrus Ebersohn Kruger (born 11 April 1958), ^[1] is a former South African rugby union player who played two test matches for the Springboks. ^[2]

Playing career

Kruger made his provincial debut for Northern Transvaal in 1981. After five seasons with Northern Transvaal, he moved to Transvaal at the beginning of the 1986 season. He made his debut for the Springboks in the third test against the New Zealand Cavaliers on 24 May 1986 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, when he and Frans Erasmus replaced the props from the first two tests, Anton Barnard and Flippie van der Merwe. ^[3]

Test history

No.	Opposition	Result (SA 1st)	Position	Tries	Date	Venue
1.	New Zealand Cavaliers	33–18	Tighthead prop		24 May 1986	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
2.	New Zealand Cavaliers	24–10	Tighthead prop		31 May 1986	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

See also

• List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 550

References

1. Grieb, Eddie; Heath, Duane (2016). South African Rugby Annual 2016. Cape Town: South African Rugby. p. 174. ISBN   978-0620692908. OCLC   957740131.
2. "Piet Kruger". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
3. Jooste, Graham K. (1995). South African rugby test players 1949-1995. Johannesburg: Penguin. pp. 121–122. ISBN   0140250174. OCLC   36916860.