Nickname Shrek Role Rugby Player Playing position Height 1.87 m | Weight 127 kg Name Coenie Oosthuizen Career start 2008 | |
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Full name Coenrad Victor Oosthuizen School | ||
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Coenraad Victor Oosthuizen (born 22 March 1989), nicknamed 'Coenie' or 'Shrek', is a professional rugby union player who plays for the Sharks in Super Rugby. He previously represented the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup, the Cheetahs in Super Rugby and also was chosen for the Springboks squad in 2010, 2011 and 2012, making his test debut in the first test against England in Durban in 2012.
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- Rugby career
- South Africa A
- Squads
- References
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Rugby career
He went to Laerskool Gustav Preller in Roodepoort for his primary education and attended Grey College in Bloemfontein.
He plays in the loose-head prop position, although he can play both sides of the scrum. He boasts surprising pace for a man of his colossal weight (127 kg). He ended the 2010 Currie Cup season as the Cheetahs top try scorer. Oosthuizen is known for his strong runs and work rate around the pitch but has often struggled in the scrum against the more technical scrummagers.
In 2010 Coenie scored a hat trick of tries for the Free State Cheetahs in a Currie Cup game against the neighbouring Griquas team. It is after a stand-out season for the Cheetahs during the 2010 Currie Cup domestic rugby season that Coenie was selected as part of the Springbok squad for the November 2010 tour of Europe.
Oosthuizen made his first test appearance on 9 June 2012 against England in Durban.
He signed for the Sharks on a four-year deal prior to the 2016 Super Rugby season.
South Africa 'A'
In 2016, Oosthuizen was included in a South Africa 'A' squad that played a two-match series against a touring England Saxons team. He came on as a replacement in their first match in Bloemfontein, but ended on the losing side as the visitors ran out 32–24 winners. He also played off the bench in the second match of the series, a 26–29 defeat to the Saxons in George.
Squads
Coenie Oosthuizen is/was involved in the following squads:
