Pieter Hendriks
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Pieter Hendriks (born 13 April 1970), is a former South African rugby union player who played for the South Africa national rugby union team between 1992 and 1996, winning caps. He played as a winger.
He was part of the South African squad that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Hendriks scored the opening try for South Africa in the opening game of the 1995 Rugby World Cup against Australia but was later banned for 90 days for kicking and punching in a mass brawl in the game against Canada.[1][2]
References
- ^ "Hendriks is thrown out". The Independent. 6 June 1995. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "I have no regrets – '95 Bok hero Pieter Hendriks". The Citizen. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.