Johannes Petrus Roux (born 25 February 1969) is a South African

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player, who played for the

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Career

Provincial

Roux first played provincial rugby in 1991 for and in 1993 moved to (later to be named the Golden Lions). He played 111 matches for Transvaal or the Golden Lions and was a member of the teams that won the Currie Cup in

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and

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. In 1993, he was selected for the

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, to tour the United Kingdom.

International

Roux made his test debut for the

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against on 11 June 1994 at

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in Cape Town. He was member of the 1995 World Cup squad, playing in three matches during the tournament. Roux also played in five tour matches, scoring two tries for the Springboks.

Test history

Accolades

In 1993, Roux was nominated one of the five most Promising Players of the Year (under-23), along with FP Naude, Ryno Opperman,

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and

Christiaan Scholtz Christiaan Petrus Scholtz (born 22 October 1970 in Queenstown) is a former South African rugby union player, who played centre and won four caps between 1994 and 1995 playing for the South Africa national rugby union team. Scholtz started an a ...

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Springboks beat England 27-9 in 1994
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roux, Johan South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves 1969 births Living people Golden Lions players Lions (United Rugby Championship) players Rugby union players from Pretoria 1995 Rugby World Cup players