Hannes Strydom
Full names: Johannes Jacobus
Date of birth: 13 Jul 1965
Place of birth: Welkom
School: Pearson
Springbok no: 586
Debut test province: Lions
Physical: 1.98m, 114.3kg
Date of death: 19 Nov 2023 (Age 58)

Test summary: Tests: 21 Tries: 1
First Test: 3 Jul 1993 Age:27 Lock against France at Ellispark, Johannesburg
Last Test: 23 Aug 1997 Age:32 Lock against Australia at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Test history:
DateAgePositionOpponentResultScoreVenueProv
03 Jul 199327LockFranceLose: 17-18 Ellispark, JohannesburgLions
31 Jul 199328LockAustraliaWin: 19-12 Sydney Football Stadium (Aussie stadium), SydneyLions
14 Aug 199328LockAustraliaLose: 20-28 Ballymore, BrisbaneLions
21 Aug 199328LockAustraliaLose: 12-19 Sydney Football Stadium (Aussie stadium), SydneyLions
06 Nov 199328LockArgentinaWin: 29-26 Ferrocarril-Oeste Stadium, Buenos AiresLions
13 Nov 199328LockArgentinaWin: 52-23 Ferrocarril-Oeste Stadium, Buenos AiresLions
04 Jun 199428LockEnglandLose: 15-32 Loftus Versfeld, PretoriaLions
25 May 199529LockAustraliaWin: 27-18 Newlands, Cape TownLions
03 Jun 199529LockCanadaWin: 20-0 Boet Erasmus, Port ElizabethLions
17 Jun 199529LockFranceWin: 19-15 Kingspark, DurbanLions
24 Jun 199529LockNew ZealandWin: 15-12 Ellispark, JohannesburgLions
03 Aug 199631ReserveAustraliaWin: 25-19 Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinLions
10 Aug 199631ReserveNew ZealandLose: 18-29 Newlands, Cape TownLions
17 Aug 199631LockNew ZealandLose: 19-23 Kingspark, DurbanLions
24 Aug 199631LockNew ZealandLose: 26-331 tryLoftus Versfeld, PretoriaLions
15 Dec 199631ReserveWalesWin: 37-20 Millenium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), CardiffLions
10 Jun 199731LockTongaWin: 74-10 Newlands, Cape TownLions
21 Jun 199731LockBritainLose: 16-25 Newlands, Cape TownLions
28 Jun 199731LockBritainLose: 15-18 Kingspark, DurbanLions
05 Jul 199731LockBritainWin: 35-16 Ellispark, JohannesburgLions
23 Aug 199732LockAustraliaWin: 61-22 Loftus Versfeld, PretoriaLions

HANNES STRYDOM BIOGRAPHY : Rugby365.com

Hannes Strydom represented Eastern Province Schools at the 1983 and 1984 Craven Week.

In 1986 he made his senior provincial debut for Eastern Province. Later he represented Northern Transvaal and then he made the best move of his career, when in 1993, a large group of players left Northern Transvaal to seek greener pastures south of the Jukskei. Among these players that joined Hannes Strydom, were Uli Schmidt, Phillip Schutte, Gavin Johnson, Johan Roux, Charles Rossouw, Heinrich Rogers, Rudolph Straeuli and later on Gerbrand Grobler.

But the ace up Luyt’s sleeve was the recruitment of the Pretoria Harlequins coach, Kitch Christie. Kitch soon brought discipline to the Transvaal team and brought Schmidt with him. Both would be key to Transvaal’s success in 1993.

That is also the year that Hannes Strydom made his Test debut for the Springboks against France at Ellis Park on 3 July 1993, a game that the Boks narrowly lost 17-18.

Furthermore, Hannes Strydom toured with the Springboks to Australia and Argentina the same year and played in all the test matches on tour.

Pienaar’s Transvaal men were flying high and they continued that form into 1994.

They handed Northern Transvaal their biggest loss in a Currie Cup game, winning 57–13. That team went on to win another four trophies in 1994 namely the M-Net Night Series, the Percy Frames trophy, the Lion Cup and again, the Currie Cup.

Hannes Strydom was also part of this Transvaal team as they scored a record 56 points in the final, a record that still stands while they managed to secure eight trophies in two years. He only played in one test match in 1994.

That team also formed the core of the Springbok team that would go on to win the Rugby World Cup, because by then Kitch Christie was entrusted with leading the team to glory. Together with his teammates like Chris Rossouw, Balie Swart, Kobus Wiese, Francois Pienaar, Hennie le Roux and Japie Mulder, Hannes Strydom also played in that final.

Together with Kobus Wiese and Balie Swart, the threesome excelled at singing the national anthem Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika.

He continued to represent South Africa during the 1996 and 1997 seasons, including the test series against the 1997 British & Irish Lions.

All in all Hannes Strydom played 21 tests between 1993 and 1997 and he was captain of the Lions team that hoisted the Currie Cup trophy in 1999.

As bitter as his test debut defeat against France was in 1993, the Springboks' 61-22 demolition of the Wallabies at Loftus in his final test four years later was as sweet.

Hannes Strydom is a qualified pharmacist and has a group of three pharmacies under the name of Pharma Valu in Pretoria. He also has his own range of vitamins called Health and Wellness and another range called HNS, which includes the unique slimming products called HNS New Me and HNS New Man.