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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Hoërskool Kroonstad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.[2]
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.
- ^ "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 (United Rugby Championship) 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 for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa
- Rugby union players from Gauteng
- 1999 Rugby World Cup players