| A big man who did a lot of the donkey work in the Springbok pack, Kobus Wiese was a RWC winner in 1995. He always enjoyed the tough stuff and was known to never shy away when things got heated upfront. Something not a lot of people would know, is that Kobus and his lock-partner at the RWC in 1995, Hannes Strydom, have very similar names. Wiese is Jakobus Johannes and Strydom is Johannes Jacobus.
Position: Lock
Province: Golden Lions, Boland, Leopards
Springbok number: 585
Test debut: 26 June 1993 vs France in Durban aged 29
Last test: 15 December 1996 vs Wales in Cardiff aged 32
Total tests: 18
Tour matches: 14
Total Springbok matches: 32
Win ratio: 15-2-1 |