Kobus Wiese
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 119 kg (262 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jakobus Johannes Wiese, better known as Kobus Wiese, born 16 May 1964 in Paarl (South Africa), is a former South African rugby union player who played for the South Africa national rugby union team between 1993 and 1996.
He played as lock (1,98 m and 119 kg).
He played in the South African provincial Currie Cup for the Golden Lions (former team of the Transvaal).
He won the 1995 Rugby World Cup. He received a three match for punching and knocking out Derwyn Jones of Wales in the 40-11 win in 1995. Jones was a major line out threat and was knocked cold by a punch from behind in the forth minute of the match. Kobus scored a try in a match but received a three match ban, which suggests strongly that ahd the officials seen it, he would be been red carded in a home test.
He is now owner of a chain of cafés and CEO of a coffee-roasting factory in Johannesburg, as well as a consultant and TV presenter.
Career
Province and club
- Boland Cavaliers 1985 (12 matches)
- Western Transvaal (18 matches)
- Golden Lions[1] 1988-1996 (21 tries, 135 matches)
- Cats 1998
- Petrarca Padova Rugby
He played his first test for the Springboks on 26 June 1993 against France (drew 20-20). He won his last cap for the Springboks on 15 December 1996 against Wales (won 37-20).
Honours
Province
- Winner of the Currie Cup 1993, 1994
- Finalist in the Currie Cup 1991, 1992
- Winner of Super 10 in 1993
- 1995 : World Champions, 5 selections (Romania, Canada, Samoa, France, All Blacks).
