Gert Muller (rugby union, born 1948)
{{short description|South African rugby union footballer}}
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| birth_name = Gert Hendrik Muller
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| birth_place = Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal
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| weight = 90kg
| ru_position = Wing
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| amatteam1 = Maties
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| ru_province1 = Western Province
| ru_province2 = Transvaal
| ru_provinceyears1 = 1969–1971
| ru_provinceyears2 = 1972–1974
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| ru_nationalteam1 = South Africa
| repyears1 = 1969–1974
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| school = Port Natal High School, Durban
| university = Stellenbosch University
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Gert Hendrik Muller (born 10 May 1948) is a former South African rugby union player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/7545.html|title=Gert Muller|website=ESPN scrum|access-date=2020-06-17}}
Playing career
Muller represented the {{Rut|Natal}} Schools team at the 1965 annual Craven Week tournament and after finishing school, he furthered his studies at Stellenbosch University. He made his senior provincial debut for Western Province in 1969 and in 1972 he relocated to Johannesburg and continued his playing career with Transvaal.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86067195|title=Die groot rugbygesin van die Maties|last=Craven, Daniel Hartman, 1910-1993.|date=1980|publisher=G. & S|isbn=0620048794|location=Kaapstad|pages=221–222|oclc=86067195}}
Muller made his test debut for the Springboks in 1969 against the touring Australian team in the third test played at Newlands in Cape Town on 6 September 1969. At the end of 1969 he toured with the Springboks to Britain and Ireland, playing in the first test against Scotland and the fourth and last test on the tour, against Wales. He also toured with South Africa to Australia in 1971 but broke his nose in a tour match and did not play in any tests. Muller also played in test matches against {{nrut|New Zealand}}, {{nrut|England}}, {{nrut|France}} and the 1974 British Lions.{{Cite book|title=South African rugby test players 1949-1995|last=Jooste, Graham K.|date=1995|publisher=Penguin|isbn=0140250174|location=Johannesburg|pages=69–88|oclc=36916860}} During his career, he played fourteen test matches, scoring four tries, as well as six tour matches, scoring eleven tries, for the Springboks.{{Cite book|title=South African Rugby Annual 2016.|last=Grieb|first=Eddie|date=2016|publisher=SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY|isbn=978-0620692908|location=Cape Town|pages=179|oclc=957740131}}
= Test history =
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| No. | Opponents | Results (SA 1st) | Position | Tries | Dates | Venue |
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| 1. | {{ru|AUS}} | align="center"|11–3 | Wing | 6 September 1969 | Newlands, Cape Town | |
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| 2. | {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia | align="center"|19–8 | Wing | 20 September 1969 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | |
| 3. | {{ru|SCO}} | align="center"|3–6 | Wing | 6 December 1969 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | |
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| 4. | {{ru|WAL}} | align="center"|6–6 | Wing | 24 January 1970 | National Stadium, Cardiff | |
| 5. | {{ru|NZL}} | align="center"|17–6 | Wing | 25 July 1970 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | |
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| 6. | {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand | align="center"|8–9 | Wing | 8 August 1970 | Newlands, Cape Town | |
| 7. | {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand | align="center"|14–3 | Wing | align="center"|2 | 29 August 1970 | Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth |
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| 8. | {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand | align="center"|20–17 | Wing | align="center"|1 | 12 September 1970 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg |
| 9. | {{ru|FRA}} | align="center"| 22–9 | Wing | align="center"|1 | 12 June 1971 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein |
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| 10. | {{flagicon|FRA}} France | align="center"|8–8 | Wing | 19 June 1971 | Kings Park, Durban | |
| 11. | {{ru|ENG}} | align="center"|9–18 | Wing | 3 June 1972 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | |
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| 12. | {{flag|British and Irish Lions|name=British Lions}} | align="center"|3–12 | Wing | 8 June 1974 | Newlands, Cape Town | |
| 13. | {{flagicon|British and Irish Lions}} British Lions | align="center"|9–26 | Wing | 13 July 1974 | Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth | |
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| 14. | {{flagicon|British and Irish Lions}} British Lions | align="center"|13–13 | Wing | 27 July 1974 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg |
See also
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 361
References
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Category:South African rugby union players
Category:South Africa international rugby union players