Francois Pienaar
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Jacobus Francois Pienaar (born 2 January 1965) is a retired South African rugby union player. He played flanker for South Africa (the Springboks) from 1993 until 1996, winning 29 international caps, all of them as captain.[1] He is best known for leading South Africa to victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup. After being dropped from the Springbok team in 1996, Pienaar went on to a career with English club Saracens.
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Birth name | Jacobus Francois Pienaar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1965-01-02) 2 January 1965 (age 59) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Rand Afrikaans University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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