Danie Gerber
| Full name | Danie Gerber | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1958-04-14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1980–1992 | South Africa | 24 | (82) |
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Danie Gerber (born 14 April 1958 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union player, who played for South Africa between 1980 and 1992. Playing mainly at centre, he won only 24 caps for South Africa despite playing internationally for 12 years because of South Africa's sporting isolation caused by apartheid. He did however play 115 games for Eastern Province, 40 for Western Province and 24 for Free State in South African domestic rugby. In 2007 he was induced into the International Rugby Hall of Fame.
His first international was against the South American Jaguars in 1980, where Gerber scored a try. He played another two matches that year, and in 1981 played Ireland twice before touring to New Zealand. He played all three Tests against the All Blacks on the 1981 Springbok Tour, and a Test in the United States following the tour. As well as played the Jaguars four times over the next two years, he also starred in the 1984 England tour to South Africa. Gerber played outside South Africa's first ever Black player, Errol Tobias, in the series, and scored three tries in the second Test.
Gerber's career of games played and Points scored:
In 1980 he played two tests against the South American Jaguars (now known as Argentina) in Montevideo and Santiago and scored a try in each test and one test against France in Pretoria without scoring any points.
In 1981 he played two tests against Ireland in Cape Town (scoring two tries) and in Durban without scoring points. He also played in all three tests, (Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland) without scoring any points, of the infamous protestor tour of New Zealand during 1981 which was lost by the Springboks due to a controversial penalty by the referee four minutes into injury time in the final test. (Ray Mordt scored three tries in the final test of the series.) The final test of 1981 was played against the USA in Glenville, without scoring any points.
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