Willie Rousseau

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

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| name = Willie Rousseau

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| full_name = Willem Petrus Rousseau

| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|08|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Steynsburg,
Orange River Colony

| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|12|28|1906|08|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa

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| position = Centre

| repyears1 = 1928

| repteam1 = {{nrut|South Africa}}

| repcaps1 = 2

| reppoints1 = 0

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Willem Petrus Rousseau (11 August 1906 – 28 December 1996) was a South African international rugby union player.{{cite news |title=Dark Blues New Back |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19291110/543/0022 |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=10 November 1929}}

Rousseau was born in Steynsburg and educated at Rondebosch Boys' High School.{{cite web |title=Willie Rousseau |url=https://bokhist.com/PlayerData.aspx?PlayerID=512 |website=bokhist.com}}

A centre three-quarter, Rousseau gained two Springboks caps against the All Blacks on their 1928 tour of South Africa, debuting in the 3rd Test of the series at Port Elizabeth. He also faced the All Blacks in a tour match with Western Province and kicked a drop goal to help his side secure victory.{{cite news |title=Rousseau Impresses |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19300111.2.116 |work=Manawatu Times |date=11 January 1930}}

Rousseau attended Brasenose College, Oxford, gaining his rugby blue in 1929.{{cite news |title=Oxford Rugby Team's Improved Form |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/814980336 |work=Western Mail |date=14 November 1929}}