Hansie Brewis
Full names: Johannes Daniël
Date of birth: 15 Jun 1920
Place of birth: Oudtshoorn
Schools: Oudtshoorn CJ Langenhoven
Springbok no: 268
Debut test province: Northern Transvaal
Physical: 1.8m, 70.31kg
Date of death: 9 Sep 2007 (Age 87)

Test summary: Tests: 10 Tries: 1

First Test: 16 Jul 1949 Age:29 Flyhalf against New Zealand at Newlands, Cape Town

Last Test: 22 Aug 1953 Age:33 Flyhalf against Australia at Ellispark, Johannesburg

Test history:

Date	Age	Position	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Prov
16 Jul 1949	29	Flyhalf	New Zealand	Win: 15-11		Newlands, Cape Town	N-Tvl
13 Aug 1949	29	Flyhalf	New Zealand	Win: 12-6	1 try, 1 dropgoal	Ellispark, Johannesburg	N-Tvl
03 Sep 1949	29	Flyhalf	New Zealand	Win: 9-3		Kingsmead, Durban	N-Tvl
17 Sep 1949	29	Flyhalf	New Zealand	Win: 11-8	1 dropgoal	Crusaders (St George's Park), Port Elizabeth	N-Tvl
24 Nov 1951	31	Flyhalf	Scotland	Win: 44-0	1 dropgoal	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	N-Tvl
08 Dec 1951	31	Flyhalf	Ireland	Win: 17-5	1 dropgoal	Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin	N-Tvl
22 Dec 1951	31	Flyhalf	Wales	Win: 6-3	1 penalty	Millenium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	N-Tvl
05 Jan 1952	31	Flyhalf	England	Win: 8-3		Twickenham, London	N-Tvl
16 Feb 1952	31	Flyhalf	France	Win: 25-3		Stade Olympique, Colombes, Paris	N-Tvl
22 Aug 1953	33	Flyhalf	Australia	Win: 25-3		Ellispark, Johannesburg	N-Tvl

Hansie Brewis : Doc Craven

It always amazed me that someone with such a slender, almost fragile build, could perform such huge tasks on the field of play. From the first time I saw him his kicking and exceptional quickness off the mark impressed me enormously.

After he was chosen for the 1949 Springboks I got to know Hansie really well. There was a wonderful warmth - I have no other words to describe it - between him and me from then on and I have come to regard Hansie as a son. He was so brilliant but above all he had the wonderful ability to learn, to put into practice, anything he was told and decided was worthwhile.