Gert Coetzer

Gert Coetzer
Personal information
Full name Gert Coetzer
Born Bloemfontein?, South Africa
Playing information
Position Wing

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1963–Feb 63 Bloemfontein Aquilae
Feb 1963–68 Wakefield Trinity 191
Total 191 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1965–≥65 Commonwealth XIII ≥1
1965 Other Nationalities 1

Gert 'Oupa' Coetzer is a South African professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s. He played at representative level for Other Nationalities, and Commonwealth XIII, and at club level for Bloemfontein Aquilae (SA), and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 682), as a wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.

Playing career

International honours

Oupa Coetzer represented Other Nationalities while at Wakefield Trinity, he played left wing in the 2-19 defeat by St. Helens at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Wednesday 27 January 1965, to mark the switching-on of new floodlights,[1] represented Commonwealth XIII while at Wakefield Trinity in 1965 against New Zealand at Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre, London on Wednesday 18 August 1965,[2] and was selected for the South Africa squad to play in the 1963 tour of Australia. Unfortunately, he was injured during the opening tour match in Canberra, and took no further part in the tour, and as South Africa played no further internationals in this era, there were no further opportunities to win international caps.

Championship Final appearances

Oupa Coetzer played left wing, i.e. number 5, and scored two tries in Wakefield Trinity's 21-9 victory over St. Helens in the Championship Final replay during the 1966–67 season at Station Road, Swinton on Wednesday 10 May 1967, and played right wing, i.e. number 2, in the 17-10 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the Championship Final during the 1967-68 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 4 May 1968.[3]

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Oupa Coetzer played left wing, i.e. number 5, and scored 2-tries in Wakefield Trinity's 25-10 victory over Wigan in the 1962–63 Challenge Cup Final during the 1962–63 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 11 May 1963, in front of a crowd of 84,492, and played left-centre, i.e. number 4, in the 10-11 defeat by Leeds in the 1967–68 Challenge Cup "Watersplash" Final during the 1967–68 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 11 May 1968, in front of a crowd of 87,100.[3]

County Cup Final appearances

Oupa Coetzer played left wing, i.e. number 5, in Wakefield Trinity's 18-2 victory over Leeds in the 1964–65 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1964–65 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 31 October 1964.

References

  1. ↑ Cook, H.B. (1965). Programme - St. Helens versus Other Nationalities. St. Helens Rugby F.C. Ltd.
  2. ↑ "…and win at Crystal Palace". rugbyleague.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9
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