Johannes Hermanus Hugo 'Boland' Coetzee (born 20 January 1945) is a former South African

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player. He is a wine farmer and winemaker at his farm Vriesenhof, in the

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region.

Playing career

Coetzee enrolled at

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in 1963 for a degree in

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and started playing rugby for the university's under 18 team, of which he was also captain. He continued to play for the

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rugby club and was also their captain on a regular basis until 1979. Coetzee made his provincial debut for

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in 1967 and played in 127 matches, scoring 37 tries for the union. Coetzee made his

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debut for the

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in the first test against the 1974 British Lions at

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in Cape Town. He was dropped from the team after the first test and his second test for the Springboks was as a replacement for

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in the second half of the second test against

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in 1975. Coetzee then played in all four test in the 1976 series against the

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Test history

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Coetzee, Boland 1945 births Living people South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players Stellenbosch University alumni Western Province (rugby union) players People from Bergrivier Local Municipality Rugby union players from the Western Cape Rugby union flankers Stellenbosch RFC players

Playing career

Test history

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