Balie Swart
{{short description|South African rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Balie Swart
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| birth_name = Izak Stephanus de Villiers Swart
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|05|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Malmesbury, Western Cape, South Africa
| height = 1.85m
| weight = 112kg
| ru_position = Prop
| ru_province1 = {{rut|Western Province}}
| ru_province2 = {{rut|Transvaal}}
| ru_province3 =
| ru_provinceyears1 = 1987–1991
| ru_provinceyears2 = 1992–1999
| ru_provinceyears3 =
| ru_provinceapps1 = 58
| ru_provinceapps2 = 108
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| super1 = {{rut|Cats}}
| superyears1 = 1998
| superapps1 = 2
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| ru_nationalteam1 = South Africa
| repyears1 = 1993–1996
| repcaps1 = 16
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| school = Paarl Gimnasium
| university = Stellenbosch University
}}
Izak Stephanus de Villiers "Balie" Swart (born 18 May 1964) is a South African former rugby union player. He played as a prop, with the ability to play on either the loosehead or the tighthead side. He earned 16 caps for the South Africa national team between 1993 and 1996.{{Cite web|title=Izak Stephanus de Villiers Swart|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/11574.html|access-date=2020-07-04|website=ESPN scrum}}
Playing career
Swart is a product of Paarl Gimnasium and represented and captained the {{rut|Western Province}} Schools team at the 1983 Craven Week tournament. He also was selected for the South African Schools team in 1983, once again the captain. After school he played for the University of Stellenbosch before making his provincial debut for Western Province in 1987.{{Cite book|title=S.A. Rugby Writers Annual 1988|last=Van Rooyen|first=Quintus|publisher=SA Rugby Writers' Society|year=1988|isbn=0620117222|location=Verwoerdburg|pages=163}}
During 1992, he joined {{rut|Transvaal}}, now the Golden Lions and until 1999, playing over a hundred games for the union. He was part of the 1993 side that won the Super 10, Lion Cup and Currie Cup in one season.
He had 16 caps for South Africa, from 1993 to 1996, never scoring. He was a member of the winning team at the 1995 World Cup finals, where he played in four games, including as tighthead prop in the 15–12 final win against the All Blacks. He also played in the first edition of the Tri Nations competition, in 1996. Swart also played in fifteen tour matches for the Springboks.{{Cite book|last=Colquhoun|first=Andy|title=South African Rugby Annual 2005|publisher=SA Rugby & MWP Media|year=2005|location=Cape Town|pages=508}}{{Cite book|title=Matieland is rugbyland, 1980-2006|last=Van der Merwe|first=Floris|date=2007|publisher=SUN Press|isbn=9781920109790|location=Stellenbosch|pages=150|oclc=190836768}}
Coaching career
After ending his player career, in 1999, he became a coach and started with the {{rut|Golden Lions}}. In 2000 he moved to New Zealand, coaching at Nelson Bays and at the {{rut|Highlanders}}.{{Cite web|title=Swart named new NPC coach|url=https://www.news24.com/News24/Swart-named-new-NPC-coach-20011112|access-date=2020-07-04|website=News24}} On his return to South Africa he was assistant coach at the {{rut|Sharks}} and Springbok scrum coach during the 2007 Rugby World Cup. In 2011 he started working for SA Rugby, assisting coaches and referees with scrum laws and later became involved with SANZAR, working with the referees.{{Cite web|title=Where are 1995 Boks now? - SA Rugbymag|url=https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/where-are-1995-boks-now/|access-date=2020-07-04|website=sarugbymag.co.za}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{ESPNscrum|11574}}
{{South Africa 1995 Rugby World Cup squad}}
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Category:South African rugby union players
Category:South Africa international rugby union players
Category:South African rugby union coaches
Category:Lions (United Rugby Championship) players
Category:Alumni of Paarl Gimnasium
Category:Western Province (rugby union) players
Category:Rugby union players from the Western Cape
Category:1995 Rugby World Cup players
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