André Venter
Birth name | André Gerhardus Venter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 November 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Vereeniging, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 109 kg (17 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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André Gerhardus Venter (born 14 November 1970 in Vereeniging, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union footballer who earned 66 caps playing for the South Africa national team during the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2000s.[1] He represented South Africa during the 1999 Rugby World Cup where they finished third.
Bill McLaren once said that "He's no oil painting, but look at him working the blind side like a pop-up toaster![2]
A few years after his retirement he was diagnosed with a degenerative syndrome of the central nervous system, later revealed to be transverse myelitis, which causes damage to the spine, and forced him into a wheelchair. Later, his former Springbok teammate, Joost van der Westhuizen developed a degenerative nervous disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[3]
International statistics
Test Match Record
Against | P | W | D | L | Tri | Pts | %Won |
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Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
Australia | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40.91 |
British Lions | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
England | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
France | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
Ireland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 100 |
Italy | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 100 |
New Zealand | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35.71 |
Scotland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 100 |
Tonga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Wales | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 80 |
Total | 66 | 41 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 45 | 62.88 |
Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Pts = Points Scored
Test tries (9)
Tries | Opposition | Location | Venue | Competition | Date | Result |
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1 | Argentina | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium | Test match | 9 Nov 1996 | Won 46–15 |
1 | Argentina | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium | Test match | 16 Nov 1996 | Won 44–21 |
1 | Scotland | Edinburgh, Scotland | Murrayfield | Test match | 6 Dec 1997 | Won 68–10 |
2 | Wales | Pretoria, South Africa | Loftus Versfeld | Test match | 27 Jun 1998 | Won 96–13 |
1 | Wales | London, England | Wembley | Test match | 14 Nov 1998 | Won 28–20 |
1 | Scotland | Edinburgh, Scotland | Murrayfield | World Cup | 3 Oct 1999 | Won 46–29 |
1 | Ireland | Dublin, Ireland | Lansdowne Road | Test match | 19 Nov 2000 | Won 28–18 |
1 | Italy | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | Boet Erasmus Stadium | Test match | 30 Jun 2001 | Won 60–14 |
World Cup matches
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
No. | Date | Opposition | Venue | Stage | Position | Tries | Result |
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1999 | |||||||
1. | 3 Oct 1999 | Scotland | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | Pool match | Flank | 1 | 46–29 |
2. | 15 Oct 1999 | Uruguay | Hampden Park, Glasgow | Pool match | Flank | 39–3 | |
3. | 24 Oct 1999 | England | Stade de France, Paris | Quarter-final | Flank | 44–21 | |
4. | 30 Oct 1999 | Australia | Twickenham, London | Semi-final | Flank | 21–27 | |
5. | 4 Nov 1999 | New Zealand | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | Third place play-off | Flank | 22–18 |
See also
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 634
References
- ^ "André Venter - South Africa". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ "He's like a demented ferret up a wee drainpipe". The Sun. 26 September 2012.
- ^ "Van der Westhuizen diagnosed with motor neurone". RTÉ-ie. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- 1970 births
- Living people
- People from Vereeniging
- Afrikaner people
- South African rugby union players
- South Africa international rugby union players
- Lions (Super Rugby) players
- Free State Cheetahs players
- Rugby union flankers
- South Africa international rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of South Africa
- Sportspeople from Gauteng
- Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa