Christo Bezuidenhout
Position(s) | Prop | ||
---|---|---|---|
Current team | Gloucester Rugby | ||
International career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2003 | South Africa | 4 | (0) |
Christo Johannes Bezuidenhout (born 14 May 1970) is a Spanish-born former South African international rugby union, that usually played as a prop.
Biography
Born on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands (Spain), where his father worked as a telecommunications engineer.[1] Bezuidenhout debut in the national rugby at Currie Cup in 1994, only to disappear for a few years, apparently to perform agricultural work on the family farm.[1] He reappeared in 1999, when he was contracted by the Bulls in a professional level and the Pumas in the Currie Cup.[1]
He started his career in the South Africa national rugby union team in 33 against New Zealand in the 2003 Tri Nations Series Tournament; A few months later he participated in the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia with only 3 appearances, which were his last international.[2]
In 2004 he moved to England to Gloucester for a season,[3] after which he retired from rugby.[citation needed]
References
External links
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Christo Bezuidenhout". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- Christo Bezuidenhout at ESPNscrum
- Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame profile
- v
- t
- e
- Bands
- Bezuidenhout
- Boome
- Botha
- Burger
- Coetzee
- Krige (c)
- Matfield
- Rautenbach
- Rossouw
- Santon
- Scholtz
- Sephaka
- Smit
- Smith
- Van Niekerk
![]() ![]() ![]() | This South Africa rugby union biography is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e