Deon Oosthuysen

Deon Eugene Oosthuysen (born 4 December 1963 in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa) is a former South African rugby player. He never played in a test match, but played for South Africa in 12 tour matches.

Deon Oosthuysen

Birth name	Deon Eugene Oosthuysen
Date of birth	4 December 1963
Place of birth	Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
School	Driehoek High, Vanderbijlpark
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1986–1987 1988–1994 Western Transvaal Northern Transvaal 16 140 ? ? National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1992–1993 South Africa 0 (20)[1]

Rugby career

He played for Western Transvaal (now known as the Leopards) and Northern Transvaal at provincial level.[2] He was known for having a lot of pace and scored 85 tries in 140 matches for Northern Transvaal, which is, at the time of writing (2016), still a record for any Northern Transvaal/Blue Bulls player.[3] Although he originally retired from playing in 1994 due to a hip injury, he made a comeback in 1996.[4]

In addition to playing in 12 tour matches and scoring four tries for South Africa, he was also an accomplished sevens player and was for a while coach of the South African sevens team in the late 1990s.[5]

See also

• List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 571

References

1. van Rooyen, Quintus (20 October 1994). "Oosthuysen los rugby". Die Burger (in Afrikaans). South Africa. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
2. Currie Cup Individual Records
3. Blue Bulls Statistics
4. van Rooyen, Quintus (12 February 1996). "Deon Oosthuysen weer reg vir groot rugby". Die Burger (in Afrikaans). South Africa. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
5. "South Africa wary of being favorite". CNN/SI.

External links

• "SA Rugby Player Profile – Deon Oosthuysen". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.