Vlok Cilliers
{{short description|South African rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| name = Vlok Cilliers
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| birth_name = Nicolaas Vlok Cilliers
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|03|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Williston, Northern Cape, South Africa
| height = 1.72m
| weight = 82kg
| ru_position = Fly-half
| province1 = {{rut|South Western Districts}}
| ru_provinceyears1 = 1989–1991
| provinceapps1 = 25
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| province2 = {{rut|Western Province}}
| provinceyears2 = 1992–1998
| provinceapps2 = 76
| ru_provincepoints2 = 746
| province3 = {{Rut|Free State Cheetahs}}
| provinceyears3 = 1999
| provinceapps3 = 4
| provincepoints3 = 26
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| repteam1 = South Africa
| repyears1 = 1996
| repcaps1 = 1
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| ru_sevensnationalyears1 = 1993–1998
| ru_sevensnationalteam1 = {{nrut7|South Africa}}
| ru_sevensnationalcomp1 = 4
| school = Carnarvon High School
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Nicolaas Vlok Cilliers (born 26 March 1968) is a South African former rugby union player who played as a fly-half.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/12070.html|title=Vlok Cilliers|website=ESPN scrum|access-date=2021-01-02}} After his playing years, he became a kicking coach.{{Cite web|title=Former Springbok turned kicking coach utterly seduced by the Six Nations|url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/springbok-six-nations-entry-a-no-brainer-says-french-kicking-coach/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.rugbypass.com|language=en}}
Playing career
Cilliers represented {{rut|North Western Cape}} at the 1987 Craven Week tournament for schoolboys and in 1988, while receiving his police training, he played for {{rut|Northern Transvaal}}'s under–20 team. He made his provincial debut for {{rut|South Western Districts}} in 1989, after which he moved to {{rut|Western Province}}, for which he played 76 games and scored 746 points. He finished his playing career with the {{rut|Free State Cheetahs}}.{{Cite book|title=Who's who of South African rugby 1999|last=Schoeman|first=Chris|date=1999|publisher=Don Nelson Publishers|edition= 4th|location=Cape Town|pages=99}}
Cilliers made his test debut for the Springboks in 1996 during the second test against {{nrut|New Zealand}} at Kings Park in Durban.{{Cite book|last=Colquhoun|first=Andy|title=South African Rugby Annual 2005|publisher=SA Rugby & MWP Media (Pty) Ltd|year=2005|isbn=0958440492|location=Cape Town|pages=491}}
See also
References
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Category:South African rugby union players
Category:South Africa international rugby union players
Category:Western Province (rugby union) players
Category:Free State Cheetahs players
Category:South Africa international rugby sevens players
Category:People from Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality
Category:Rugby union players from the Northern Cape