Willie Meyer
Full names: Willie
Date of birth: 6 Nov 1967
Place of birth: Port Elizabeth
School: Marlow
Springbok no: 663
Debut test province: Cheetahs
Physical: 1.85m, 113.4kg
Current age: 56

Test summary: Tests: 26 Tries: 1
First Test: 6 Dec 1997 Age:30 Reserve against Scotland at Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Last Test: 9 Nov 2002 Age:35 Tight-head Prop against France at Stade Velodrome, Marseilles
Test history:
DateAgePositionOpponentResultScoreVenueProv
06 Dec 199730ReserveScotlandWin: 68-10 Murrayfield, EdinburghCheetahs
19 Jun 199931Tight-head PropItalyWin: 101-0 Kingspark, DurbanLions
10 Jul 199931ReserveNew ZealandLose: 0-28 Carisbrook, DunedinLions
17 Jul 199931ReserveAustraliaLose: 6-32 Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park), BrisbaneLions
10 Jun 200032ReserveCanadaWin: 51-18 Basil Kenyon Stadium, East LondonLions
17 Jun 200032Tight-head PropEnglandWin: 18-13 Loftus Versfeld, PretoriaLions
22 Jul 200032ReserveNew ZealandLose: 12-25 Lancaster Park (Jade stadium), ChristchurchLions
19 Aug 200032ReserveNew ZealandWin: 46-40 Ellispark, JohannesburgLions
12 Nov 200033Tight-head PropArgentinaWin: 37-33 River Plate, Buenos AiresLions
19 Nov 200033Tight-head PropIrelandWin: 28-18 Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), DublinLions
26 Nov 200033Tight-head PropWalesWin: 23-13 Millenium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), CardiffLions
02 Dec 200033Tight-head PropEnglandLose: 17-25 Twickenham, LondonLions
16 Jun 200133ReserveFranceLose: 23-32 Ellispark, JohannesburgLions
23 Jun 200133Tight-head PropFranceWin: 20-15 Kingspark, DurbanLions
30 Jun 200133Tight-head PropItalyWin: 60-14 Boet Erasmus, Port ElizabethLions
10 Nov 200134ReserveFranceLose: 10-20 Stade de France, ParisLions
17 Nov 200134Tight-head PropItalyWin: 54-261 tryLuigi Ferraris Stadium, GenoaLions
24 Nov 200134Tight-head PropEnglandLose: 9-29 Twickenham, LondonLions
01 Dec 200134ReserveUSAWin: 43-20 Robertson Stadium, UH, HoustonLions
08 Jun 200234Tight-head PropWalesWin: 34-19 Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinLions
15 Jun 200234Tight-head PropWalesWin: 19-8 Newlands, Cape TownLions
29 Jun 200234Tight-head PropArgentinaWin: 49-29 P.A.M. Brink Stadium, SpringsLions
20 Jul 200234Tight-head PropNew ZealandLose: 20-41 WestPac Stadium, WellingtonLions
10 Aug 200234Tight-head PropNew ZealandLose: 23-30 Kingspark, DurbanLions
17 Aug 200234Tight-head PropAustraliaWin: 33-31 Ellispark, JohannesburgLions
09 Nov 200235Tight-head PropFranceLose: 10-30 Stade Velodrome, MarseillesLions

Sketch in 1997 SA vs Scotland programme

Willie Meyer was a member of the South Africa A side defeated by their Scottish equivalents in Hawick last year. A stalwart of Eastern Province from 1989 to 1996, winning the Player of the Year title in 1995, he joined Free State this season and brought added steel to the Cheetahs' pack. His first representative honour was for the North Eastern Cape under-19 side at Craven Week in 1984-85 and he has also represented the South African Barbarians. He toured with the Springboks to Italy and England in 1995.