Duimpie Theron
| Born | Johannes Petrus Theron 7 May 1979 Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 113 kg (249 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Windhoek Technical High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johannes Petrus "Duimpie" Theron (born 7 May 1979) is a South African-born rugby union player who played for the Namibia national rugby union team and represented Namibia during the 1999 Rugby World Cup.[1][2]
Playing career
[edit]Theron played eight test matches for Namibia. His debut was in 1998, as a nineteen-year-old, in the Rugby World Cup qualifier against Ivory Coast in Casablanca. Theron played in three matches during the pool stages at the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Shortly after the World Cup, he also played in a test match against Germany, after which his next and final test was only five years later in 2004, against Morocco.[3]
Test history
[edit]| No. | Opponents | Results (Nam 1st) | Position | Tries | Dates | Venue |
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| 1. |  Ivory Coast | 22–10 | Lock | 12 Sep 1998 | COC Stadium, Casablanca | |
| 2. |  Morocco | 17–8 | Lock | 16 Sep 1998 | COC Stadium, Casablanca | |
| 3. |  Zimbabwe | 39–14 | Lock | 19 Sep 1998 | COC Stadium, Casablanca | |
| 4. |  Fiji | 18–67 | Substitute | 1 Oct 1999 | Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers | |
| 5. |  France | 13–47 | Substitute | 8 Oct 1999 | Parc Lescure, Bordeaux | |
| 6. |  Canada | 11–72 | Substitute | 14 Oct 1999 | Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse | |
| 7. |  Germany | 79–13 | Lock | 17 Oct 1999 | Gera | |
| 8. | Morocco | 39–22 | Lock | 13 Nov 2004 | South West Stadium, Windhoek |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Duimpie Theron". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ↑ Schoeman, Chris (2002). Who's who of South African rugby 2002 (6th ed.). Cape Town: Who's Who of SA Rugby. p. 136. ISBN 0620261889.
- ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Duimpie Theron - Test matches". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 22 January 2021.