Kulu Ferreira
| Birth name | Petrus Stephanus Ferreira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 March 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kroonstad, Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Afrikaans Hoër Kroonstad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Stellenbosch University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Petrus Stephanus 'Kulu' Ferreira (born 17 March 1959) is a South African former rugby union player. [1]
Playing career[]
Ferreira grew up in Kroonstad in the Free State. He represented the Northern Free State schools team at the annual Craven Week tournament in 1976 and in 1977, when he also captained the side. After school he enrolled at Stellenbosch University where he played for the University's different age–group teams. Ferreira made his senior provincial debut for Western Province in 1981 and played for the union until 1985. In September of 1985, Ferreira moved to France, where he played for the rugby club in Marmande. He returned to South Africa and the Northern Free State in the middle of 1986, where he continued his rugby career.[2]
Ferreira made his debut for the Springboks on 20 October 1984 against the South American Jaguars at Loftus Versveld in Pretoria. He also played in the second test against the South Americans and scored a try.[3]
Test history[]
| No. | Opponents | Results (RSA 1st) |
Position | Tries | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  South American Jaguars |
32–15 | Flanker | 20 Oct 1984 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | |
| 2. | South American Jaguars |
22–13 | Flanker | 1 | 27 Oct 1984 | Newlands, Cape Town |
See also[]
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 540
References[]
- ^ "Kulu Ferreira". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- ^ Van der Merwe, F. J. G. (Floris J. G.), 1951- (2007). Matieland is rugbyland, 1980-2006. Stellenbosch: SUN Press. pp. 134–135. ISBN 9781920109790. OCLC 190836768.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Jooste, Graham K. (1995). South African rugby test players 1949-1995. Johannesburg: Penguin. pp. 117–118. ISBN 0140250174. OCLC 36916860.
- 1959 births
- Living people
- South African rugby union players
- South Africa international rugby union players
- People from Kroonstad
- Western Province (rugby union) players