Deon Kayser

Deon Kayser

Birth name	Deon Jerome Kayser
Date of birth	(1970-07-03) 3 July 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Uitenhage, South Africa
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Centre, Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1996–1998 Eastern Province 43 (70) 2000–2004 Natal Sharks 50 (70) 2005 Eastern Province Elephants 2 () Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 1998–2004 Sharks 49 (50) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1999–2001 South Africa 13 (25) National sevens team Years Team Comps 1998 South Africa 7s 2 Coaching career Years Team 2009 - 2023 Sharks (under-19) 2023 Ąžuolas Kaunas (Lithuania)

Deon Jerome Kayser (born 3 July 1970 in Uitenhage) is a South African former rugby union player and current coach.^[1] He played as a wing.

Career

Kayser made his senior provincial debut for Eastern Province in 1996 and at the end of the 1999 season he moved to the Sharks. He was called up for the Springboks during the test match at Durban on 19 June 1999 against Italy.

He was also part of the 1999 Rugby World Cup roster, where he took part in 5 matches, and played the 1999 and 2001 Tri Nations.^[2]

Until 2004, he played for the Sharks the following season with the Mighty Elephants,^[3] at the end of which he retired. Since 2009, he is technical consultant ^[4] - and then coach of the Sharks' youth team.

Test history

No.	Opposition	Result (SA 1st)	Position	Tries	Date	Venue
1.	Italy	101–0	Replacement	3	19 Jun 1999	Kings Park, Durban
2.	Australia	6–32	Replacement		17 Jul 1999	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
3.	New Zealand	18–34	Wing		7 Aug 1999	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
4.	Australia	10–9	Wing		14 Aug 1999	Newlands, Cape Town
5.	Scotland	46–29	Wing	1	3 Oct 1999	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
6.	Spain	47–3	Replacement		10 Oct 1999	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
7.	Uruguay	39–3	Wing	1	15 Oct 1999	Hampden Park, Glasgow
8.	England	44–21	Wing		24 Oct 1999	Stade de France, Paris
9.	Australia	21–27	Wing		30 Oct 1999	Twickenham, London
10.	Italy	60–14	Replacement		30 Jun 2001	Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth
11.	New Zealand	3–12	Replacement		21 Jul 2001	Newlands, Cape Town
12.	Australia	14–14	Replacement		18 Aug 2001	Subiaco Oval, Perth
13.	New Zealand	15–26	Replacement		25 Aug 2001	Eden Park, Auckland

See also

• List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 675
• List of South Africa national rugby sevens players

References

1. "Deon Kayser". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
2. Colquhoun, Andy (2006). South African Rugby Annual 2006. Cape Town: SA Rugby & MWP Media (Pty) Ltd. p. 64. ISBN 0620357762.
3. Who's playing where in the Currie Cup
4. "Lions will provide big challenge for Sharks" — Kayser

External links

• Deon Kayser profile Archived 24 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine SARugby.net
• Deon Kayser at ESPNscrum