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Vlok Cilliers

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Vlok Cilliers
Birth nameNicolaas Vlok Cilliers
Date of birth (1968-03-26) 26 March 1968 (age 56)
Place of birthWilliston, Northern Cape, South Africa
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
SchoolCarnarvon High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1989–1991 South Western Districts 25 ()
1992–1998 Western Province 76 (746)
1999 Free State Cheetahs 4 (26)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996 South Africa 1
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
1993–1998 South Africa 7s 4

Nicolaas Vlok Cilliers (born 26 March 1968) is a South African former rugby union player who played as a fly-half.[1] After his playing years, he became a kicking coach.[2]

Playing career

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Cilliers represented North Western Cape at the 1987 Craven Week tournament for schoolboys and in 1988, while receiving his police training, he played for Northern Transvaal's under–20 team. He made his provincial debut for South Western Districts in 1989, after which he moved to Western Province, for which he played 76 games and scored 746 points. He finished his playing career with the Free State Cheetahs.[3]

Cilliers made his test debut for the Springboks in 1996 during the second test against New Zealand at Kings Park in Durban.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Vlok Cilliers". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Former Springbok turned kicking coach utterly seduced by the Six Nations". www.rugbypass.com. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ^ Schoeman, Chris (1999). Who's who of South African rugby 1999 (4th ed.). Cape Town: Don Nelson Publishers. p. 99.
  4. ^ Colquhoun, Andy (2005). South African Rugby Annual 2005. Cape Town: SA Rugby & MWP Media (Pty) Ltd. p. 491. ISBN 0958440492.