Rugby player
| Birth name | Nicolaas Vlok Cilliers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1968-03-26) 26 March 1968 (age 56) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Williston, Northern Cape, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Carnarvon High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicolaas Vlok Cilliers (born 26 March 1968) is a South African former rugby union player who played as a fly-half. After his playing years, he became a kicking coach.
Playing career
Cilliers represented North Western Cape at the 1987 Craven Week tournament for schoolboys and in 1988, while receiving his police training, he played for Northern Transvaal's under–20 team. He made his provincial debut for South Western Districts in 1989, after which he moved to Western Province, for which he played 76 games and scored 746 points. He finished his playing career with the Free State Cheetahs.
Cilliers made his test debut for the Springboks in 1996 during the second test against New Zealand at Kings Park in Durban.
See also
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 637
- List of South Africa national rugby sevens players
References
- "Vlok Cilliers". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- "Former Springbok turned kicking coach utterly seduced by the Six Nations". www.rugbypass.com. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- Schoeman, Chris (1999). Who's who of South African rugby 1999 (4th ed.). Cape Town: Don Nelson Publishers. p. 99.
- Colquhoun, Andy (2005). South African Rugby Annual 2005. Cape Town: SA Rugby & MWP Media (Pty) Ltd. p. 491. ISBN 0958440492.
- 1968 births
- Living people
- South African rugby union players
- South Africa international rugby union players
- SWD Eagles players
- Western Province (rugby union) players
- Free State Cheetahs players
- South Africa international rugby sevens players
- People from Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality
- Rugby union players from the Northern Cape
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Rugby union wings
- Stormers players