Warren Britz
| Full name | Warren Kenneth Britz | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 7 November 1973 Durban, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 226 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Warren Kenneth Britz (born 7 November 1973) is a South African former rugby union international.
Britz grew up in Natal and attended Port Shepstone High School, south of Durban.[1]
A Natal Sharks player, Britz was capped in one Test match for the Springboks, as a flanker against Wales at Free State Stadium in 2002. He had previously played for the national rugby seven team, including for the 2001 World Cup.[2]
Britz left South Africa in 2003 to take up a contract with the Newcastle Falcons and played in the 2003–04 Powergen Cup-winning side.[3] After two years in England, Britz returned home and in 2007 was a member of the Sharks side which were beaten by the Bulls in the Super 14 final, to a Bryan Habana injury-time try.[4] He finished his playing career with two seasons at Montpellier in the Top 14, then became the French club's head coach.[5]
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- South African rugby union players
- South Africa international rugby union players
- South Africa international rugby sevens players
- Sharks (rugby union) players
- Newcastle Red Bulls players
- Montpellier Hérault Rugby players
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union players from KwaZulu-Natal
- Sportspeople from Port Shepstone
- South African rugby union coaches
- South African expatriate rugby union players in France
- South African expatriate rugby union players in England
- Alumni of Port Shepstone High School
- 21st-century South African sportsmen