Willie Meyer
Date of birth | 6 November 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg (265 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Marlow Agricultural High School, Cradock, Eastern Cape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Willie Meyer (born 6 November 1967) is a South African former rugby union player.[1]
Playing career
Meyer represented Template:Rut North Eastern Cape schools at the annual Craven Week tournaments in 1984 and 1985. He made his provincial debut for Template:Rut Eastern Province in 1989 and played 105 matches for the union, before relocating to the Template:Rut Free State in 1997. From 1999 to 2002, he played for the Template:Rut Golden Lions in the South African provincial competitions and the Template:Rut Cats in Super Rugby.[2][3]
Meyer played his first test match for the Springboks against Scotland on 6 December 1997 at Murrayfield in Edinburgh. His next Test match was in 1999 and he played in three Tests during the year. However, Meyer was a regular member of the Springbok team from 2000 and played 22 Tests from 2000 to 2002. He also played in five tour matches, scoring one try for the Springboks.[4]
Test history
No. | Opponents | Results (SA 1st) |
Position | Tries | Dates | Venue |
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1. | Scotland | 68–10 | Replacement | 6 Dec 1997 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | |
2. | Italy | 101–0 | Tighthead prop | 19 Jun 1999 | Kings Park, Durban | |
3. | New Zealand | 0–28 | Replacement | 10 Jul 1999 | Carisbrook, Dunedin | |
4. | Australia | 6–32 | Replacement | 17 Jul 1999 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | |
5. | Canada | 51–18 | Replacement | 10 Jun 2000 | Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London | |
6. | England | 18–13 | Tighthead prop | 17 Jun 2000 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | |
7. | New Zealand | 12–25 | Replacement | 22 Jul 2000 | Jade Stadium, Christchurch | |
8. | New Zealand | 46–40 | Replacement | 19 Aug 2000 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | |
9. | Argentina | 37–33 | Tighthead prop | 12 Nov 2000 | River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires | |
10. | Ireland | 28–18 | Tighthead prop | 19 Nov 2000 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | |
11. | Wales | 23–13 | Tighthead prop | 26 Nov 2000 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | |
12. | England | 17–25 | Tighthead prop | 2 Dec 2000 | Twickenham, London | |
13. | France | 23–32 | Replacement | 16 Jun 2001 | Ellis Park, Johannesurg | |
14. | France | 20–15 | Tighthead prop | 23 Jun 2001 | Kings Park, Durban | |
15. | Italy | 60–14 | Tighthead prop | 30 Jun 2001 | Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth | |
16. | France | 10–20 | Replacement | 10 Nov 2001 | Stade de France, Paris | |
17. | Italy | 54–26 | Tighthead prop | 1 | 17 Nov 2001 | Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa |
18. | England | 9–29 | Tighthead prop | 24 Nov 2001 | Twickenham, London | |
19. | United States | 43–20 | Replacement | 1 Dec 2001 | Robertson Stadium, Houston | |
20. | Wales | 34–19 | Tighthead prop | 8 Jun 2002 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | |
21. | Wales | 19–8 | Tighthead prop | 15 Jun 2002 | Newlands, Cape Town | |
22. | Argentina | 49–29 | Tighthead prop | 29 Jun 2002 | PAM Brink Stadium, Springs | |
23. | New Zealand | 20–41 | Tighthead prop | 20 Jul 2002 | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | |
24. | New Zealand | 23–30 | Tighthead prop | 10 Aug 2002 | Kings Park, Durban | |
25. | Australia | 33–31 | Tighthead prop | 17 Aug 2002 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | |
26. | France | 10–30 | Tighthead prop | 9 Nov 2002 | Stade Velodrome, Marseilles |
See also
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 663
References
- ^ "Willie Meyer". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ Schoeman, Chris (2001). Who's who of South African rugby 2001 - 2002 (6th ed.). Cape Town: Strobe Communications. p. 153. ISBN 0620261889.
- ^ "Willie Meyer retires". News24. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Grieb, Eddie; Heath, Duane (2016). South African Rugby Annual 2016. Cape Town: South African Rugby. p. 177. ISBN 978-0620692908. OCLC 957740131.