Hendrik Pieter "Hennie" le Roux (born 10 July 1967), is a former

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player who played for the

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. He was the founder and president of the players' union, which was founded in 1997 and received the contribution to rugby award in 2000.

Career

Provincial

Le Roux represented the schools' team at the 1986

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tournament and in 1987 he played for the Eastern Province under–20 team. In 1990 he made his senior provincial debut for Eastern Province and in 1992 he moved to . In 1996 he played Super Rugby for the Transvaal, when the South African provinces still participated and from 1998, he played for the under the franchise structure.

International

He played his first test match for the

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on 26 June 1993 against

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. His last test was on 15 December 1996 against

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. He also played in 24 tour matches scoring 56 points for the Springboks.

Test history

World Cup final

World Cup

* 1995 South Africa World Cup winners: 6 games (

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References

External links

Springboks sitescrum.com statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roux, Hennie South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players 1967 births Living people Alumni of Graeme College Golden Lions players Lions (United Rugby Championship) players Rugby union centres Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union players from the Eastern Cape 1995 Rugby World Cup players Rand Afrikaans University alumni