Christiaan Petrus 'Tiaan' Strauss, (born 28 June 1965) is a former rugby union and rugby league footballer who represented bothSouth Africa andAustralia at international level inrugby union and also played top-level domesticrugby league in Australia.[1] He won the1999 Rugby World Cup with Australia and the Currie Cup withWestern Province.
| Birth name | Christiaan Petrus Strauss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1965-06-28)28 June 1965 (age 59) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Upington,Cape Province,South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 16 st 5 lb (104 kg; 229 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Upington High School, Upington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Stellenbosch University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editBorn in the town ofUpington,Cape Province (nowNorthern Cape), Strauss attended theUniversity of Stellenbosch, where he obtained his law degree in 1990. He made his senior provincial debut forWestern Province in 1986 against North Eastern Cape and scored a try on debut.[2] At the end of the 1986 provincial season he formed the Western Province back row withGert Smal andDeon Lotter, that played a major role in Western Province'sCurrie Cup victory.[3]
Strauss made his test debut for theSpringboks during the 1992 tour of Britain and France, asNumber 8 againstFrance at theStade de Gerland in Lyon. He went on to win 15 caps for the Springboks between 1992 and 1994, scoring 4 tries andcaptaining them on one occasion.[4] He also made a record 156 appearances for Western Province during the team's golden period before he moved to Australia.
In Australia he played two seasons ofrugby league with theCronulla-Sutherland Sharks before switching back to rugby union for New South Wales. He was selected for Australia a total of 11 times, scoring a hat trick against Ireland on his debut. All but two of his caps were from the bench. He did make a capable replacement forToutai Kefu in the 1999 World Cup Quarter Final inCardiff when the former was banned but it turned out to be his last cap.
Strauss returned home to South Africa and settled with his family.
Rugby union test history
edit South Africa | ||||||
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| No. | Opposition | Result (SA 1st) | Position | Tries | Date | Venue |
| 1. |  France | 20–15 | Number 8 | 17 October 1992 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon | |
| 2. | France | 16–29 | Number 8 | 24 October 1992 | Parc des Princes, Paris | |
| 3. |  England | 16–33 | Flank | 1 | 14 November 1992 | Twickenham, London |
| 4. | France | 20–20 | Flank | 26 June 1993 | Kings Park Stadium, Durban | |
| 5. | France | 17–18 | Number 8 | 3 July 1993 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | |
| 6. |  Australia | 19–12 | Number 8 | 31 July 1993 | Sydney Football Stadium (SFG), Sydney | |
| 7. | Australia | 20–28 | Number 8 | 14 August 1993 | Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane | |
| 8. | Australia | 12–19 | Number 8 | 21 August 1993 | Sydney Football Stadium (SFG), Sydney | |
| 9. |  Argentina | 29–26 | Number 8 | 6 November 1993 | Ferrocarril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires | |
| 10. | Argentina | 52–23 | Number 8 | 2 | 13 November 1993 | Ferrocarril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires |
| 11. | England | 15–32 | Number 8 | 4 June 1994 | Loftus Versveld, Pretoria | |
| 12. |  New Zealand | 14–22 | Flank (c) | 9 July 1994 | Carisbrook, Dunedin | |
| 13. | New Zealand | 9–13 | Flank | 23 July 1994 | Athletic Park, Wellington | |
| 14. | Argentina | 42–22 | Number 8 | 1 | 8 October 1994 | Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth |
| 15. | Argentina | 46–26 | Number 8 | 15 October 1994 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | |
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| No. | Opposition | Result (Aus 1st) | Position | Tries | Date | Venue |
| 1. |  Ireland | 46–11 | Substitute | 3 | 12 June 1999 | Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane |
| 2. | Ireland | 32–26 | Substitute | 19 June 1999 | Subiaco Oval, Perth | |
| 3. | England | 16–33 | Substitute | 26 June 1999 | Stadium Australia, Sydney | |
| 4. | South Africa | 32–6 | Substitute | 17 July 1999 | Lang Park, Brisbane | |
| 5. | New Zealand | 15–34 | Number 8 | 24 July 1999 | Eden Park, Auckland | |
| 6. | South Africa | 9–10 | Substitute | 14 August 1999 | Newlands, Cape Town | |
| 7. | New Zealand | 28–7 | Substitute | 28 August 1999 | Stadium Australia, Sydney | |
| 8. |  Romania | 57–9 | Substitute | 3 October 1999 | Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast | |
| 9. | Ireland | 23–3 | Substitute | 10 October 1999 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | |
| 10. |  United States | 55–19 | Flank | 1 | 14 October 1999 | Thomond Park, Limerick |
| 11. |  Wales | 24–9 | Number 8 | 14 October 1999 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | |
Honours
editSee also
edit- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no.579
- List of Australia national rugby union players – no.752
References
edit- ^"Christiaan Petrus Strauss". ESPNscrum. Retrieved8 June 2020.
- ^Van der Merwe, Floris (2007).Matieland is rugbyland, 1980-2006. Stellenbosch: SUN Press. pp. 144–146.ISBN 9781920109790.OCLC 190836768.
- ^Van Rooyen, Quintus (1986).S.A. Rugby Writers Annual 1986. Verwoerdburg: SA Rugby Writers' Society. pp. 137–138.
- ^Jooste, Graham K. (1995).South African rugby test players 1949-1995. Johannesburg: Penguin. pp. 127–143.ISBN 0140250174.OCLC 36916860.
External links
edit- http://www.africapewines.com/about.htm
- Tiaan Strauss at yesterdaydhero.com.au
- http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=2247
- fr:Tiaan Strauss (in French)
- http://www.scrum.com/1200_1205.php?player=10544&includeref=dynamic
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131216155221/http://www.genslin.us/bokke/SARugby.html
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| Preceded by | Springbok Captain 1994 | Succeeded by |
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