RUGBY PLAYER

Francois Pienaar

1967 - Today

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Jacobus Francois Pienaar (born 2 January 1967) is a retired South African rugby union player. He played flanker for South Africa (the Springboks) from 1993 until 1996, winning 29 international caps, all of them as captain. He is best known for leading South Africa to victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francois Pienaar has received more than 1,179,396 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Francois Pienaar is the 3rd most popular rugby player, the 118th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 147th in 2019) and the most popular South African Rugby Player.

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Among RUGBY PLAYERS

Among rugby players, Francois Pienaar ranks 3 out of 35. Before her are Jonah Lomu, and Auguste Giroux. After her are Sébastien Chabal, André Rischmann, Léon Binoche, Jonny Wilkinson, Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Joost van der Westhuizen, Percy Montgomery, and Bryan Habana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Francois Pienaar ranks 216. Before her are Kubilay Türkyilmaz, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Bogdan Stelea, Morten Tyldum, Andreas Scholl, and Lili Taylor. After her are Frankie Fredericks, Javier Cámara, Melina Kanakaredes, Álex Pina, Sharleen Spiteri, and Götz Otto.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Francois Pienaar ranks 118 out of 454. Before her are Bevil Rudd (1894), John McDowell (1942), Sharlto Copley (1973), Denis Goldberg (1933), Pik Botha (1932), and Louisa Bolus (1877). After her are Devdas Gandhi (1900), Tom Naudé (1889), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Gerald Dreyer (1929), Cecil Kellaway (1890), and Ramdas Gandhi (1897).

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Among RUGBY PLAYERS In South Africa

Among rugby players born in South Africa, Francois Pienaar ranks 1. After her are Joost van der Westhuizen (1971), Bryan Habana (1983), Eben Etzebeth (1991), Cheslin Kolbe (1993), Siya Kolisi (1991), Schalk Burger (1983), Siviwe Soyizwapi (1992), Kurt-Lee Arendse (1996), Werner Kok (1993), Rosko Specman (1989), and Philip Snyman (1987).

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