Johan de Bruyn (born 12 October 1948) is a former South African
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player.
Playing career
De Bruyn played his provincial rugby for the
Free State. In 1974 he was selected at lock for the
Springboks, for the third test against the
touring Lions team of
Willie John McBride
William James McBride CBE, better known as Willie John McBride (born 6 June 1940), is a former rugby union footballer from Northern Ireland who played as a lock for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. He made 63 appearances for Ireland, ...
at the
Boet Erasmus Stadium
EPRU Stadium, also known by its original name of Boet Erasmus Stadium, was a stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The letters "EPRU" in the name represent the Eastern Province Rugby Union, the stadium's historic primary tenants, whose tea ...
in Port Elizabeth. De Bruyn then toured with the Springboks to France at the end of 1974. He did not play any test matches during the French tour but played three tour matches.
Test history
See also
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List of South Africa national rugby union players
South Africa national rugby union team players hold several international records. Several players from the South Africa national rugby union team have joined the IRB and International Hall of Fame.
Individual records
Career
South Africa's '' ...
– Springbok no. 475
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99 call
In rugby union, the "99" call was a policy of simultaneous retaliation by the British Lions during their 1974 tour to South Africa. The tour was marred by on-pitch violence, which the match officials did little to control and the relative abse ...
References
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1948 births
Living people
South African rugby union players
South Africa international rugby union players
Free State Cheetahs players
People from Greater Taung Local Municipality
Rugby union players from North West (South African province)
Rugby union locks