Dick Muir
| Birth name | Dick John Muir | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 March 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Queen's College, Queenstown, Eastern Cape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dick John Muir (born 20 March 1965) is a South African former rugby union player.[1]
Playing career[]
Muir made his test debut for the Springboks at the age of 32, against Italy at Dall'Ara Stadium in Bologna, during the 1997 Springbok tour of Europe and scoring a try on debut. He then played in all test matches on the 1997 tour. Prior to 1997, Muir also toured with the Springboks to Argentina and Europe in 1996, playing five tour matches, scoring two tries.[2]
Test history[]
| No. | Opponents | Results (SA 1st) |
Position | Points | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Italy |
61–31 | Centre | 1 | 8 Nov 1997 | Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna |
| 2. |  France |
36–32 | Centre | 1 | 15 Nov 1997 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon |
| 3. | France |
52–10 | Centre | 22 Nov 1997 | Parc des Princes, Paris | |
| 4. |  England |
29–11 | Centre | 29 Nov 1997 | Twickenham, London | |
| 5. |  Scotland |
68–10 | Centre | 6 Dec 1997 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh |
Coaching career[]
Muir started coaching in 2000 when he was appointed as the head coach of the Tukkies first team. He became head coach of the Sharks from 2005 to 2007 and also served as an Assistant Springbok coach to Peter de Villiers from 2008 to 2011.
See also[]
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 642
- List of South Africa national rugby sevens players
References[]
- ^ "Dick Muir". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ Grieb, Eddie; Heath, Duane (2016). South African Rugby Annual 2016. Cape Town: South African Rugby. p. 178. ISBN 978-0620692908. OCLC 957740131.
Categories:
- 1965 births
- Living people
- South African rugby union players
- South Africa international rugby union players
- Sharks (Currie Cup) players
- Western Province (rugby union) players
- Stormers players
- South Africa international rugby sevens players