Date of birth | 8 October 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Belfast, Mpumalanga, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 117 kg (258 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Witbank Technical High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Krynauw Otto (born 8 October 1971) is a South African former professional rugby union player who played as a lock.[1][2]
Playing career
[edit]Provincial
[edit]Otto made his provincial debut as a nineteen-year-old, for South Eastern Transvaal in 1990. He then moved to Northern Transvaal, playing for the under-20 side and in 1993, made his debut for the senior side.[3] He was a member of the Blue Bulls team that won the Currie Cup in 1998.[4]
International
[edit]Otto made his debut for the South African national team in the 1995 Rugby World Cup against Romania at Newlands in Cape Town and went on to play 38 tests.[2]
He was part of the 1998 Springbok team that won the Tri-Nations and a member of the 1999 World Cup squad that finished third in the tournament.
Otto retired at the age of 28 after medical examinations revealed a subdural haematoma in the left frontal area of his brain, incurred during a match against Australia on 8 July 2000.[2][5]
Test history
[edit]No. | Opposition | Result (SA 1st) | Position | Tries | Date | Venue |
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21–8 | Lock | 30 May 1995 | Newlands, Cape Town | |
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20–0 | Substitute | 3 Jun 1995 | Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth | |
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42–14 | Substitute | 10 Jun 1995 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | |
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35–16 | Lock | 5 Jul 1997 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | |
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32–35 | Lock | 19 Jul 1997 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | |
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20–32 | Lock | 2 Aug 1997 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | |
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35–55 | Lock | 9 Aug 1997 | Eden Park, Auckland | |
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61–31 | Lock | 8 Nov 1997 | Dall'Ara Stadium, Bologna | |
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36–32 | Lock | 15 Nov 1997 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon | |
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52–10 | Lock | 22 Nov 1997 | Parc des Princes, Paris | |
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29–11 | Lock | 29 Nov 1997 | Twickenham, London | |
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68–10 | Lock | 6 Dec 1997 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | |
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37–13 | Lock | 13 Jun 1998 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | |
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33–0 | Lock | 20 Jun 1998 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | |
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96–13 | Lock | 1 | 27 Jun 1998 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
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18–0 | Lock | 4 Jul 1998 | Newlands, Cape Town | |
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14–13 | Lock | 18 Jul 1998 | Subiaco Oval, Perth | |
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13–3 | Lock | 25 Jul 1998 | Athletic Park, Wellington | |
19. | ![]() |
24–23 | Lock | 15 Aug 1998 | Kings Park, Durban | |
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29–15 | Lock | 22 Aug 1998 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | |
21. | ![]() |
28–20 | Lock | 14 Nov 1998 | Wembley, London | |
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35–10 | Lock | 21 Nov 1998 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | |
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27–13 | Lock | 28 Nov 1998 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | |
24. | ![]() |
7–13 | Lock | 5 Dec 1998 | Twickenham, London | |
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74–3 | Lock | 12 Jun 1999 | Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth | |
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19–29 | Lock | 26 Jun 1998 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | |
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0–28 | Lock | 10 Jul 1999 | Carisbrook, Dunedin | |
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6–32 | Lock | 17 Jul 1999 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | |
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46–29 | Substitute | 3 Oct 1999 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | |
30. | ![]() |
47–3 | Lock | 10 Oct 1999 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | |
31. | ![]() |
39–3 | Lock | 15 Oct 1999 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | |
32. | ![]() |
44–21 | Lock | 24 Oct 1999 | Stade de France, Paris | |
33. | ![]() |
21–27 | Lock | 30 Oct 1999 | Twickenham, London | |
34. | ![]() |
22–18 | Lock | 4 Nov 1999 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | |
35. | ![]() |
51–18 | Lock | 10 Jun 2000 | Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London | |
36. | ![]() |
18–13 | Lock | 17 Jun 2000 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | |
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22–27 | Lock | 24 Jun 2000 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | |
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23–44 | Lock | 8 Jul 2000 | Colonial Stadium, Melbourne |
Accolades
[edit]In 1993, Otto was nominated one of the five most Promising Players of the Year (under-23), along with FP Naude, Ryno Opperman, Christiaan Scholtz and Johan Roux.[2][6]
See also
[edit]- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 615
References
[edit]- ^ "Krynauw Otto". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Top 50 Boks: Krynauw Otto". SARugby.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ Van Rooyen, Quintus (1995). Bankfin Annual 1995. SA Rugby Writers' Society. p. 118. ISBN 0620189223.
- ^ Colquhoun, Andy (1999). The South African Rugby Annual 1999. Cape Town: MWP Media Sport. p. 215. ISBN 0958423148.
- ^ Nel, Brenden (23 August 2000). "Shocked Boks wish Krynauw Otto well". Independent Online. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ Van Rooyen, Quintus (1995). Bankfin Annual 1995. SA Rugby Writers' Society. p. 13. ISBN 0620189223.
External links
[edit]- Krynauw Otto (Archived) at sporting-heroes.net
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Krynauw Otto". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 10 March 2016.[dead link]