Hannes Strydom
Birth nameJohannes Jacobus Strydom
Date of birth(1965-07-13)13 July 1965
Place of birthWelkom, Orange Free State, South Africa
Date of death19 November 2023(2023-11-19) (aged 58)
Place of deathMpumalanga, South Africa
Height1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight115 kg (254 lb)
SchoolPearson High School, Port Elizabeth
UniversityUniversity of Port Elizabeth
University of Pretoria
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1986–1988 Eastern Province 35 ()
1989–1992 Northern Transvaal 23 ()
1993–2000 Transvaal /Golden Lions 115 ()
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
1998–1999 Cats ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1993–1997 South Africa 21 (5)

Johannes Jacobus "Hannes" Strydom (13 July 1965 – 19 November 2023) was a South African rugby union player who played for the South Africa national rugby union team between 1993 and 1997.[1]

Strydom represented the Springboks for a total of 21 tests and 10 non-tests. He was also a member of the 1995 world cup winning team that won the finals defeating New Zealand.[2]

Early life

Strydom was born on 13 July 1965 in Welkom, in the Free State province of South Africa.[3][4]

Career

Provincial

Strydom represented the Eastern Province Schools team at the 1983 and 1984 Craven Week tournaments. In 1986, he made his senior provincial debut for Eastern Province. He also represented Northern Transvaal and from 1993, Transvaal that later became the Golden Lions, where he formed a formidable combination with Kobus Wiese.

In Super Rugby, he represented the Gauteng Lions and with the establishment of the South African franchise system in 1998, the Cats.[5]

International

Strydom played his first test match for the Springboks on 3 July 1993 against France at Ellis Park. He toured with the Springboks to Australia and Argentina in 1993, playing in all the test matches during the tours. In 1994 he played only one test match and in 1995 was a member of the World Cup squad and also played in the World Cup final.[6] Strydom was a member of the 1995 Springboks team that won the world cup that year defeating New Zealand. The famous tournament win was made into the Hollywood film, Invictus, in 2009.[7]

He continued to represent South Africa during the 1996 and 1997 seasons, including the test series against the 1997 British Lions. Strydom also played in nine tour matches.[6] In a career spanning 1993 through 1997, he made a total of 21 appearances for the country.[2]

Test history

  World Cup Final

No.OppositionResult (SA 1st)PositionTriesDateVenue
1. France17–18Lock3 Jul 1993Ellis Park, Johannesburg
2. Australia19–12Lock31 Jul 1993Sydney Football Stadium (SFG), Sydney
3.Australia Australia20–28Lock14 Aug 1993Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
4.Australia Australia12–19Lock21 Aug 1993Sydney Football Stadium (SFG), Sydney
5. Argentina29–26Lock6 Nov 1993Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires
6.Argentina Argentina52–23Lock13 Nov 1993Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires
7. England15–32Lock4 Jun 1994Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
8.Australia Australia27–18Lock25 May 1995Newlands, Cape Town
9. Canada20–0Lock3 Jun 1995Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
10.France France19–15Lock17 Jun 1995Kings Park, Durban
11. New Zealand15–12Lock24 Jun 1995Ellis Park, Johannesburg
12.Australia Australia25–19Replacement3 Aug 1996Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
13.New Zealand New Zealand18–29Replacement10 Aug 1996Newlands, Cape Town
14.New Zealand New Zealand19–23Lock17 Aug 1996Kings Park, Durban
15.New Zealand New Zealand26–33Lock124 Aug 1996Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
16. Wales37–20Replacement15 Dec 1996Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
17. Tonga74–10Lock10 Jun 1997Newlands, Cape Town
18. British Lions16–25Lock21 Jun 1997Newlands, Cape Town
19.British & Irish Lions British Lions15–18Lock28 Jun 1997Kings Park, Durban
20.British & Irish Lions British Lions35–16Lock5 Jul 1997Ellis Park, Johannesburg
21.Australia Australia61–22Lock23 Aug 1997Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

World Cup

Post-playing Career

After his retirement, Strydom went on to become a businessman, owning the 'Pharma Valu' chain of pharmacies based in Pretoria.[8]

Accolades

In 2003, he was inducted into the University of Pretoria Sports Hall of Fame.[9]

Personal life and death

He went to school at Pearson High School in Port Elizabeth and the A rugby field is named after him.[10] He worked as a pharmacist in Pretoria.[11]

Hannes Strydom died in a traffic collision near EMalahleni, a town in the Mpumalanga province, on 19 November 2023, at the age of 58.[12][13][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Johannes Jacobus Strydom". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hannes Strydom: Ex-South Africa rugby star dies in car crash". BBC News. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "RIP Hannes Strydom (1965-2023)". SA Rugby. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Visagie, Abigail (20 November 2023). "World Cup-winning Springbok Strydom dies in car accident". Bloemfontein Courant. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Schoeman, Chris (2000). Who's who of South African rugby 2000 (5th ed.). Cape Town: Strobe Communications Pty (Ltd). p. 137. ISBN 0620261889.
  6. 1 2 Colquhoun, Andy (2005). South African Rugby Annual 2005. Cape Town: SA Rugby & MWP Media (Pty) Ltd. p. 508.
  7. ↑ "South African rugby player Hannes Strydom killed in accident - fifth member of World Cup-winning team to die". Sky News. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Late Bok Strydom 'lived double-life'". SA Rugby magazine. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Hall of fame > University of Pretoria". Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011. Hall of fame Retrieved 25 June 2011
  10. ↑ School, Pearson High. "Tour Pearson High School". tour.pearsonpga.tk. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Late Bok Strydom 'lived double-life'". SA Rugby magazine. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  12. ↑ Mostert, Herman. "1995 Springbok World Cup hero Hannes Strydom has died". Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  13. ↑ Westhuyzen, Jacques van der (20 November 2023). "Springbok World Cup winner dies in car accident". The Citizen. Retrieved 20 November 2023.


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