Willie Hills

Willie Hills

Birth name	Willem Gerhardus Hills
Date of birth	(1962-01-26) 26 January 1962 (age 63)
Place of birth	Pretoria, South Africa
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	118 kg (260 lb)
School	Pretoria–Tuine Technical High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker, Loosehead prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Pretoria Police RC () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1990–1994 Northern Transvaal 49 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1992–1993 South Africa 6 (0) 1992–1993 South Africa (tour) 7 (0)

Willem Gerhardus "Willie" Hills (born 26 January 1962) is a former South African rugby union player. ^[1]

Playing career

Hills represented the Northern Transvaal Schools team and under–20 team as a flanker and made his debut for the Northern Transvaal senior team in 1990, playing hooker. ^[2] Hills toured with the Springboks to France and England in 1992, when he was originally included at tighthead, and made his test debut at hooker against France on 17 October 1992 at Stade de Gerland in Lyon. Hills got injured in the first test against Australia in 1993, playing loosehead, effectively ending his test career. He played six test matches and seven tour matches for the Springboks. ^[3]

Test history

No.	Opponents	Results (RSA 1st)	Position	Tries	Dates	Venue
1.	France	20–15	Hooker		17 Oct 1992	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
2.	France	16–29	Hooker		24 Oct 1992	Parc des Princes, Paris
3.	England	16–33	Hooker		14 Nov 1992	Twickenham, London
4.	France	20–20	Loosehead prop		26 Jun 1993	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
5.	France	17–18	Loosehead prop		3 Jul 1993	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
6.	Australia	19–12	Loosehead prop		31 Jul 1993	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

See also

• List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 575

References

1. "Willie Hills". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
2. Van Rooyen, Quintus (1995). S.A. Rugby Writers Annual 1995. SA Rugby Writers' Society. p. 114. ISBN   0620189223.
3. Jooste, Graham K. (1995). South African rugby test players 1949-1995. Johannesburg: Penguin. pp. 127–132. ISBN   0140250174. OCLC   36916860.