Boom Prinsloo

{{Short description|South African rugby union player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}

{{Use South African English|date=August 2018}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Boom Prinsloo

| image =

| full_name = Johannes Gerhardus Pienaar Prinsloo

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|03|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bloemfontein, South Africa

| height = {{height|m=1.88}}

| weight = {{cvt|101|kg|lb stlb}}

| occupation =

| school = Grey College, Bloemfontein

| university = University of the Free State

| relatives =

| position = Flank / Number Eight

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 2007–2010

| youthclubs1 = {{Rut|Free State Cheetahs}}

| years1 = 2010–2016

| clubs1 = {{Rut|Free State Cheetahs}}

| apps1 = 37

| points1 = 60

| years2 = 2011

| clubs2 = {{Rut|Emerging Cheetahs}}

| apps2 = 1

| points2 = 0

| years3 = 2013

| clubs3 = {{Rut|Free State XV}}

| apps3 = 3

| points3 = 25

| years4 = 2012–2017

| clubs4 = {{Rut|Cheetahs}}

| apps4 = 51

| points4 = 70

| years5 = 2017–2018

| clubs5 = {{Rut|Blue Bulls XV}}

| apps5 = 12

| points5 = 35

| years6 = 2017

| clubs6 = {{Rut|Blue Bulls}}

| apps6 = 8

| points6 = 5

| amatyears1 = 2010

| amatteam1 = {{Rut|UFS Shimlas}}

| amatapps1 = 8

| amatpoints1 = 35

| repyears1 = 2010–2012

| repteam1 = South Africa Sevens

| repcaps1 = 7

| reppoints1 =

| clubupdate = 13 July 2018

| repupdate = 13 April 2018

| medals =

{{MedalSport | Men's rugby sevens }}

{{MedalCountry | {{RSA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Delhi | Team competition }}

}}

Johannes Gerhardus Pienaar "Boom" Prinsloo (born 12 March 1989) is a former South African rugby union player who regularly played as a loose forward. He made 51 appearances for the {{Rut|Cheetahs}} in Super Rugby from 2012 to 2017, and played domestically for the {{Rut|Free State Cheetahs}} from 2010 to 2016 and for the {{Rut|Blue Bulls}} in 2017 and 2018. He also played rugby sevens for South Africa from 2010 to 2012.

He retired from rugby in September 2018.{{cite press release | url=http://thebulls.co.za/news/boom-to-call-it-a-day | title=Boom to call it a day | publisher=Bulls | date=25 September 2018 | access-date=25 September 2018}}