Johan Roux
Birth name | Johannes Petrus Roux | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1969-02-25) 25 February 1969 (age 55) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pretoria, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johannes Petrus Roux (born 25 February 1969) is a retired South African rugby player, who played for the South Africa national rugby union team.[1]
Career
Provincial
Roux first played provincial rugby in 1991 for Northern Transvaal and in 1993 moved to Transvaal (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 1993 and 1994. In 1993 he was selected for the South African Barbarians, to tour the United Kingdom.[2]
International
Roux made his test debut for the Springboks against England on 11 June 1994 at Newlands 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.[3]
Test history
No. | Opposition | Result (SA 1st) | Position | Tries | Date | Venue |
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1. | ![]() | 27–9 | Scrum-half | 11 Jun 1994 | Newlands, Cape Town | |
2. | ![]() | 14–22 | Scrum-half | 9 Jul 1994 | Carisbrook, Dunedin | |
3. | ![]() | 9–13 | Scrum-half | 23 Jul 1994 | Athletic Park, Wellington | |
4. | ![]() | 18–18 | Scrum-half | 6 Aug 1994 | Eden Park, Auckland | |
5. | ![]() | 42–22 | Scrum-half | 2 | 8 Oct 1994 | Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth |
6. | ![]() | 21–8 | Scrum-half | 30 May 1995 | Newlands, Cape Town | |
7. | ![]() | 20–0 | Scrum-half | 3 Jun 1995 | Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth | |
8. | ![]() | 19–15 | Replacement | 17 Jun 1995 | Kings Park, Durban | |
9. | ![]() | 16–21 | Replacement | 13 Jul 1996 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | |
10. | ![]() | 11–15 | Scrum-half | 20 Jul 1996 | AMI Stadium, Christchurch | |
11. | ![]() | 25–19 | Scrum-half | 3 Aug 1996 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | |
12. | ![]() | 19–23 | Scrum-half | 17 Aug 1996 | Kings Park, Durban |
Accolades
In 1993, Roux was nominated one of the five most Promising Players of the Year (under-23), along with FP Naude, Ryno Opperman, Krynauw Otto and Christiaan Scholtz.[4]
See also
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 607
References
- ^ "Johannes Petrus Roux". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Van Rooyen, Quintus (1995). Bankfin Annual 1995. SA Rugby Writers' Society. p. 120. ISBN 0620189223.
- ^ Colquhoun, Andy (1999). The South African Rugby Annual 1999. Cape Town: MWP Media Sport. p. 159. ISBN 0958423148.
- ^ Van Rooyen, Quintus (1995). Bankfin Annual 1995. SA Rugby Writers' Society. p. 13. ISBN 0620189223.
External links
- Johan Roux at ESPNscrum
- (in English) Springboks beat England 27-9 in 1994
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