Dirk Buitendag
| Date of birth | 6 April 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Southern Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dirk Buitendag (born 6 April 1960),[2] is a Zimbabwean rugby union player who played as flanker.
Career
At club level, Kloppers played for Old Johnians RFC and for the Mashonaland provincial team alongside Andy Ferreira, Malcolm Jellicoe, Andre Buitendag, Neville Kloppers, Alex Nicholls, who would play alongside him for Zimbabwe at the 1987 Rugby World Cup.[3] He represented Zimbabwe at the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where he played all the pool stage matches, scoring a try against Scotland.[4] He also played for the University of Wollongong rugby union team.[5]
References
- ^ Zim influence in African success history The Zimbabwe Independent, 29 November 2019
- ^ [1] Spain vs Zimbabwe - Madrid, 6 October 1985 programme
- ^ Zim influence in African success history The Zimbabwe Independent, 29 November 2019
- ^ "Dirk Buitendag". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Club History - UOW Rugby". sites.google.com. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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