Piet Uys (rugby union)

Piet Uys

Full name	Pieter de Waal Uys
Date of birth	(1937-12-10)10 December 1937
Place of birth	Paarl, South Africa
Date of death	12 December 2009(2009-12-12) (aged 72)
Place of death	Pretoria, South Africa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1960–69 South Africa 12 (0)

Pieter de Waal Uys (10 December 1937 — 12 December 2009) was a South African rugby union international.^[1]

Born in Paarl, Uys was a scrum-half, of a bigger size than most who were then playing in that position.^[2]

Uys earned 12 Test caps for the Springboks throughout the 1960s. Debuting on the 1960–61 tour of Europe, Uys featured in wins against all the home nations during the trip.^[2] He represented the Pretoria Police Rugby Club and turned out in provincial rugby for the Bulls, which he captained in the 1970 Currie Cup final loss to Griqualand West.^[3]

See also

• List of South Africa national rugby union players

References

1. "S. Africa Rugby favourites". Birmingham Evening Mail. 16 August 1969.
2. "Piet Uys dies". Independent Online. 13 December 2009.
3. "Bok Piet Uys passes away". News24. 12 December 2009.

External links

• Piet Uys at ESPNscrum