Moaner van Heerden

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| birth_name = Johannes Lodewikus van Heerden

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| birth_place = Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|7|18|df=y}}

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| ru_province1 = Northern Transvaal

| ru_province2 = Transvaal

| ru_provinceyears1 = 1972–77, 80

| ru_provinceyears2 = 1978–80

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| repyears1 = 1974–1980

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Johannes Lodewikus 'Moaner' van Heerden (born 18 July 1951) is a former South African rugby union international player.

He played as a lock.The Citizen. [http://www.citizen.co.za/citizen/content/en/citizen/super-saturday-features?oid=301647&sn=Detail&pid=146847&Wanderers-never-been-short-of-quality-locks "Wanderers never been short of quality locks"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130421233349/http://www.citizen.co.za/citizen/content/en/citizen/super-saturday-features?oid=301647&sn=Detail&pid=146847&Wanderers-never-been-short-of-quality-locks |date=2013-04-21 }}. 3 August 2012. Retrieved on 11 May 2013.

His son, Wikus van Heerden, is also a South African international who played for Saracens in the Guinness Premiership before retiring in 2012.Post. [http://www.thepost.co.za/van-heerden-to-retire-1.1386698 "Van Heerden to retire"]. 19 September 2012. Retrieved on 11 May 2013.

Playing career

Van Heerden made his debut in senior provincial rugby for Northern Transvaal in 1972. In 1974 he played his first test match for Springboks next to Johan de Bruyn, a fellow lock debutant, in the third test against the touring Lions team of Willie John McBride at the Boet Erasmus Stadium in Port Elizabeth.From 1974 to 1980, van Heerden appeared in 17 test matches and scored one try. He also played in six tour matches for the Springboks.{{Cite book|title=South African rugby test players 1949-1995|last=Jooste|first=Graham K.|date=1995|publisher=Penguin|isbn=0140250174|location=Johannesburg|pages=87–106|oclc=36916860}}

=Test history=

No.	Opposition	Result (SA 1st)	Position	Tries	Date	Venue
class="wikitable sortable"
1.	{{flag\|British and Irish Lions\|name=British Lions}}	align="center"\|9–26	Lock		13 July 1974	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 2.	{{flagicon\|British and Irish Lions}} British Lions	align="center"\|13–13	Lock		27 July 1974	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
3.	{{ru\|FRA}}	align="center"\|13–4	Lock		23 November 1974	Stade Municipal, Toulouse
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 4.	{{flagicon\|FRA}} France	align="center"\|10–8	Lock		30 November 1974	Parc des Princes, Paris
5.	{{flagicon\|FRA}} France	align="center"\|38–25	Lock		21 June 1975	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 6.	{{flagicon\|FRA}} France	align="center"\|33–18	Lock		28 June 1975	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
7.	{{ru\|NZL}}	align="center"\|16–7	Lock		24 July 1976	Kings Park, Durban
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 8.	{{flagicon\|NZL}} New Zealand	align="center"\|9–15	Lock		14 August 1976	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
9.	{{flagicon\|NZL}} New Zealand	align="center"\|15–10	Lock		4 September 1976	Newlands, Cape Town
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 10.	{{flagicon\|NZL}} New Zealand	align="center"\|15–14	Lock		18 September 1976	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
11.	World XV	align="center"\|45–24	Lock		27 August 1977	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 12.	{{flagicon\|British and Irish Lions}} British Lions	align="center"\|26–22	Lock	align="center"\|1	31 May 1980	Newlands, Cape Town
13.	{{flagicon\|British and Irish Lions}} British Lions	align="center"\|12–10	Lock		28 June 1980	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 14.	{{flagicon\|British and Irish Lions}} British Lions	align="center"\|13–17	Lock		12 July 1980	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
15.	24px South American Jaguars	align="center"\|22–13	Lock		18 October 1980	Wanderers Club, Montevideo
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 16.	24px South American Jaguars	align="center"\|30–16	Lock		25 October 1980	Prince of Wales Country Club, Santiago
17.	{{flagicon\|FRA}} France	align="center"\|37–15	Lock		8 November 1980	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

Moaner van Heerden

Playing career

=Test history=

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