Deon Eugene Oosthuysen (born 4 December 1963 in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa) is a former South African rugby player. He never played in a test match, but played for South Africa in 12 tour matches.

Rugby career

He played for Western Transvaal (now known as the Leopards) and Northern Transvaal at provincial level. He was known for having a lot of pace and scored 85 tries in 140 matches for Northern Transvaal, which is, at the time of writing (2016), still a record for any Northern Transvaal/Blue Bulls player. Although he originally retired from playing in 1994 due to a hip injury, he made a comeback in 1996.

Deon Oosthuysen

In addition to playing in 12 tour matches and scoring four tries for South Africa, he was also an accomplished sevens player and was for a while coach of the South African sevens team in the late 1990s.

Deon Oosthuysen

See also

List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 571

References

External links

1955 births

Living people

South African rugby union players

Afrikaner people

South African people of Dutch descent

Rugby union wings

South Africa international rugby sevens players

South Africa international rugby union players

Leopards (rugby union) players

Blue Bulls players

Deon Oosthuysen