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| Born | (1970-11-10) 10 November 1970 (age 54) Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, scrum-half | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coenraad Lodewyk Breytenbach (born 10 November 1970) is a South African former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He represented South Africa at rugby league in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup and Russia in rugby union.
Background
He was born in Middelburg, South Africa.
Playing career
Breytenbach played rugby union for the Northern Transvaal Blue Bulls and was tipped to eventually play for the South Africa (RU).
Between 1996 and 1998 Breytenbach played for the Northern Transvaal Bulls in the Super 12 competition.
In 2000, Breytenbach was part of the South African squad at the Rugby League World Cup. He played in one match at five eighth, scoring a try against Tonga.
In 2001 Breytenbach played for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup.
In 2002 he played in a European Nations Cup match for Russia (RU) against Georgia along with two other South African born players, sparking a protest from Georgia.
References
- Coenraad Breytenbach rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ South Africans hit wrong note The Telegraph, 6 March 2002
- Results & Fixtures Rugby League World Cup Archived 14 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine bbc.co.uk
- Bulls could bully Leopard cub news24.com, 17 August 2001
- Coenraad Breytenbach International Statistics
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Blue Bulls players
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Rugby league players from Mpumalanga
- Sportspeople from Middelburg, Mpumalanga
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union players from Middelburg, Mpumalanga
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Russia international rugby union players
- Russian rugby union players
- South Africa international rugby sevens players
- South Africa national rugby league team players
- South African rugby league players
- South African rugby union players