Johan Roux
| Born | Johannes Petrus Roux 25 February 1969 Pretoria, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 South African rugby union player, who played for the South Africa national rugby union team.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]Provincial
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]| No. | Opposition | Result (SA 1st) | Position | Tries | Date | Venue |
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| 1. | File:Flag of England.svg England | 27–9 | Scrum-half | 11 Jun 1994 | Newlands, Cape Town | |
| 2. | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 14–22 | Scrum-half | 9 Jul 1994 | Carisbrook, Dunedin | |
| 3. | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 9–13 | Scrum-half | 23 Jul 1994 | Athletic Park, Wellington | |
| 4. | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 18–18 | Scrum-half | 6 Aug 1994 | Eden Park, Auckland | |
| 5. | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 42–22 | Scrum-half | 2 | 8 Oct 1994 | Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth |
| 6. | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 21–8 | Scrum-half | 30 May 1995 | Newlands, Cape Town | |
| 7. | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 20–0 | Scrum-half | 3 Jun 1995 | Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth | |
| 8. | File:Flag of France.svg France | 19–15 | Replacement | 17 Jun 1995 | Kings Park, Durban | |
| 9. | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 16–21 | Replacement | 13 Jul 1996 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | |
| 10. | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 11–15 | Scrum-half | 20 Jul 1996 | AMI Stadium, Christchurch | |
| 11. | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 25–19 | Scrum-half | 3 Aug 1996 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | |
| 12. | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 19–23 | Scrum-half | 17 Aug 1996 | Kings Park, Durban |
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Accolades
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 607
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Johan Roux at ESPNscrum (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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