Joggie Viljoen (rugby union, born 1976)
Birth name | Roelof Viljoen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 22 July 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Framesby High School, Port Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Joggie Viljoen (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roelof 'Joggie' Viljoen (born 22 July 1976)[1] is a South African rugby union footballer who played at scrum-half for the South Africa national rugby union team during the late 1990s. Viljoen, a native of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, currently resides in New Zealand.
Playing career
As a schoolboy, Viljoen represented the Template:Rut Eastern Province at three consecutive Craven Week tournaments, from 1992 to 1994 and was selected for the South African Schools team in 1993 and 1994. He started his senior career in 1995 with Template:Rut Northern Transvaal, playing one game for the union. He then moved to Template:Rut Western Province, followed by Template:Rut Northland in New Zealand and back in South Africa with Template:Rut South Western Districts and finally the Template:Rut Falcons. He also played Super Rugby for the Template:Rut Stormers and the Template:Rut Hurricanes. In late 2006, Viljoen moved again to New Zealand where he was the first choice scrum-half for Template:Rut Manawatu in the NPC.[2][3]
See also
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 644
References
- ^ Joggie Viljoen player profile Scrum.com
- ^ Colquhoun, Andy (2005). South African Rugby Annual 2005. Cape Town: SA Rugby & MWP Media (Pty) Ltd. p. 87.
- ^ User, Super. "Roelof Viljoen". www.turbosrugby.co.nz. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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