Ray Mordt

{{short description|South Africa international rugby footballer (born 1957)}}

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Raymond Herman Mordt (born 15 February 1957)[http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/9135.html Ray Mordt player profile] ESPN Scrum.com is a Zimbabwean/South African rugby footballer who represented his country in rugby union before moving to English professional rugby league club, Wigan, with whom he won the Championship during the 1986–87 season. He is the uncle of England Sevens player Nils Mordt.

Playing career

=Rugby union=

Mordt grew up and started playing rugby in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He went to Churchill High School in Salisbury. He played Wing for the Springboks where he captained the team 3 times (twice as a substitute) from 1980 until 1984. He made his début against the South American Jaguars on 26 April 1980 at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. South Africa won the game 24–9. As a player, he may be best known for scoring 3 tries against the All Blacks in the famous "flour bomb" Test at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand on 12 September 1981. South Africa lost the game 25–22. Ray Mordt played a total of 18 tests (plus 7 tour games){{SA Rugby Player Profile | id=40257 | name=Ray Mordt | date=30 May 2016}} for the Springboks, scoring 12 tries for a total of 48 points.{{Cite web|title=Raymond Herman Mordt|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/9135.html|access-date=2021-07-20|website=ESPN scrum}}

Mordt played Currie Cup rugby for Zimbabwe, Transvaal and Northern Transvaal and scored 35 career tries.{{Cite web|title=Currie Cup Individual Records|url=https://supersport.com/rugby/currie-cup/individualrecords|access-date=2021-07-20|website=supersport.com|language=en|archive-date=20 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720094959/https://supersport.com/rugby/currie-cup/individualrecords|url-status=dead}}

== Test history ==

No.	Opposition	Result (SA 1st)	Position	Tries	Date	Venue
class="wikitable sortable"
1.	24px South American Jaguars	24–9	Wing	align="center"\|1	26 April 1980	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \|2.	24px South American Jaguars	18–9	Wing		3 May 1980	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
3.	{{flag\|British and Irish Lions\|name=British Lions}}	26–22	Wing		31 May 1980	Newlands, Cape Town
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \|4.	{{flag\|British and Irish Lions\|name=British Lions}}	26–19	Wing		14 June 1980	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
5.	{{flag\|British and Irish Lions\|name=British Lions}}	12–10	Wing		28 June 1980	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \|6.	{{flag\|British and Irish Lions\|name=British Lions}}	13–17	Wing		12 July 1980	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
7.	24px South American Jaguars	22–13	Wing		18 October 1980	Wanderers Club, Montevideo
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \|8.	24px South American Jaguars	30–16	Wing	align="center"\|2	25 October 1980	Prince of Wales Country Club, Santiago
9.	{{ru\|FRA}}	37–15	Wing		8 November 1980	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \|10.	{{ru\|IRE}}	12–10	Wing		6 June 1981	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
11.	{{ru\|NZL}}	9–14	Wing		15 August 1981	Lancaster Park, Christchurch
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \|12.	{{ru\|NZL}}	24–12	Wing		29 August 1981	Athletic Park, Wellington
13.	{{ru\|NZL}}	22–25	Wing	align="center"\|3	12 September 1981	Eden Park, Auckland
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 14.	{{ru\|USA}}	38–7	Wing	align="center"\|3	20 September 1981	Owl Creek Polo ground, Glenville, New York
15.	24px South American Jaguars	50–18	Wing	align="center"\|2	27 March 1982	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 16.	24px South American Jaguars	12–21	Wing		3 April 1982	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
17.	24px South American Jaguars	32–15	Wing		20 October 1984	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 18.	24px South American Jaguars	22–13	Wing	align="center"\|1	27 October 1984	Newlands, Cape Town

==Accolades==

During his rugby union playing career Mordt was nominated for the SA Rugby Young Player of the Year in 1978 and SA Rugby Player of the Year in 1981, 1983 and 1984.

=Rugby league=

Mordt joined English rugby league club Wigan, making his début for them on the {{rlp|wg}} on 5 January 1986 against Swinton.{{cite web|title=Wigan Warriors Announce Heritage Numbers|url=http://www.wiganwarriors.com/media/Heritage%20Numbers.pdf|work=wiganwarriors.com|publisher=Wigan Warriors|accessdate=2 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204080747/http://www.wiganwarriors.com/media/Heritage%20Numbers.pdf|archivedate=4 December 2013|df=dmy-all}} he scored his first try for Wigan in the 44-6 victory over Hull F.C. at Central Park, Wigan on Sunday 2 March 1986. He played on the {{rlp|wg}} in Wigan's 11-8 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1985–86 John Player Special Trophy Final at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 11 January 1986, and was also part of the Championship-winning team during the 1986–87 season. He scored his last try for Wigan in the 54-2 victory over Oldham at Central Park, Wigan on Wednesday 8 April 1987, he played his last match for Wigan in the 24-6 victory over Oldham at Watersheddings, Oldham on Monday 20 April 1987, before retiring due to injury.{{cite web|title=Ray Mordt|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=729|work=Cherry & White|publisher=rlfans.com|accessdate=2 January 2014}}

=Baseball=

Mordt also represented Rhodesia in the 1978 inter-provincial tournament in Durban, South Africa.

Coaching career

After his active career Mordt has been engaged as a coach for the Springboks and other teams. In 1994 The International Rugby Board barred Mordt from joining South Africa's tour of Wales, Scotland and Ireland as a fitness instructor because of his time spent playing rugby league.{{cite news|last=Bale|first=Steve|title=Mordt banned from tour: IRB refuses to accept fitness instructor|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-mordt-banned-from-tour-irb-refuses-to-accept-fitness-instructor-1449161.html|accessdate=2 January 2014|newspaper=The Independent|date=16 September 1994}}

As a coach Mordt has won the Currie Cup in 1994, coaching Transvaal.{{Cite web|title=Zim Boks are nothing new|url=https://www.news24.com/News24/Zim-Boks-are-nothing-new-20080613|access-date=2021-07-20|website=News24|language=en-US}} He was also a crucial cog in the 1995 Rugby World Cup-winning coaching set-up of Kitch Christie.{{cite web |url=http://www.ruggaworld.com/2010/04/14/ray-mordt-helping-lions/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520220329/http://www.ruggaworld.com/2010/04/14/ray-mordt-helping-lions/ |archive-date=20 May 2014 |title=RuggaWorldRay Mordt 'helping' Lions » RuggaWorld}}