| Tenacious and hard running with exceptional speed, Venter is a handful to any opponent, especially when running from deep.
A former Blue Bulls under-21 player, he also represented his country at under-21 level before being selected to tour the UK and Ireland in 1996 with SA A.
Venter spent the 1997 season with the Canterbury Bulldogs in Australian Rugby League before returning to South Africa in 1998 to play a part in the Blue Bulls' Currie Cup winning campaign that season.
He entered Super 12 rugby in 1996 with Northern Transvaal, the season they reached the semifinals.
Mpumalanga SA Cup 2002 - Fullback |