Piet van Zyl (rugby union, born 1979)
Appearance
Birth name | Piet van Zyl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 14 May 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Worcester, South Africa[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Piet van Zyl (born 14 May 1979) is a Namibian rugby union player who captained the Boland Cavaliers in South Africa at provincial level, and played for the Namibia at international level. Van Zyl was in the Namibian squad for the 2007 World Cup, and scored a try in his nation's first match in the competition, in a game against Ireland. Van Zyl plays as a centre. Van Zyl made his debut in August 2007 in a friendly match against South Africa.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "RWC 2007 player profile for Piet van Zyl". rugbyworldcup.co.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
- ^ a b "itsrugby.co.uk profile for Piet van Zyl". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ a b "scrum.com profile for Piet van Zyl". scrum.com. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union players from Worcester, South Africa
- White Namibian people
- Namibian Afrikaner people
- Namibian rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in South Africa
- Namibian expatriate rugby union players in France
- Namibian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- Namibian people of South African descent
- Namibian people of Dutch descent
- Namibia international rugby union players
- 2007 Rugby World Cup players
- 2011 Rugby World Cup players
- CS Bourgoin-Jallieu players
- Namibian rugby union biography stubs