Former scrum-half and captain of the XY national rugby team (“Springboks”) Dawie De Villiers has died aged 81, the South African Rugby Union (Saru) announced on April 24. 2022. De Villiers was also a minister in South Africa’s first democratically elected government in 1994, under President Nelson Mandela. He totaled 25 caps for South Africa from 1962 to 1971 (three tries) and played for clubs in Western Province, Boland and Transvaal. ” Dawie was a respected sportsman and politician who took part in change as our country moved towards democracy, he was a great servant to his country “said Mark Alexander, the president of the Saru.
Dawie De Villiers, former South African rugby star and former minister, has died
