Gert Smal
| Full name | Gert Petrus Smal | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 December 1961 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kimberley, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (18 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Patti | ||||||||||||||||
| Children | Dean Tamarin |
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| Position(s) | Forwards Coach | ||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Flanker | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1980–1983 1984–1985 1986–1990 |
Western Transvaal Maties Rugby Rovigo |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1984–1993 | Western Province | ||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1984 1986 1986–1987 1986–1989 |
SA Gazelles Junior Springboks SA Defence Force South Africa |
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Correct as of 1 December 2009
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| Coaching career | |||
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| 1986–1990 1998–1999 2000–2002 2003–2005 2004–2007 2008–2013 2014–present |
Rugby Rovigo Border Bulldogs Western Province Stormers South Africa Ireland Western Province |
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Correct as of 31 March 2014
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Gert Petrus Smal (born 27 December 1961, Kimberley, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union player and assistant coach of the South African and Irish national rugby union teams. He is currently the Director of Rugby at South African provincial side Western Province
Gert Smal was a flanker with Western Transvaal from 1980 to 1983 then played with Stellenbosch University from 1984 to 1985. Between 1986 and 1990 he was a member of the Rovigo club in Italy, as player-assistant coach.
Smal had a limited international playing career due to the international boycott of South African sports teams because of the apartheid regime which ended in 1992. He captained South African Gazelles (U24 side) in 1984. He turned out for the Springboks against the touring New Zealand Cavaliers in 1986, against a World Invitation XV in 1989 and a Serge Blanco World XV team against France.
He also represented Western Province between 1984 and 1993 and the South African Defence Forces in 1986 and 1987.
On the Australasian tour with Western Province in 1993, during a match against Queensland, Smal received a blow in the mouth causing him to lose vision in the bottom corner of his left eye forcing his retirement from playing.
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