| Birth name | George Lionel van Reenen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 March 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Darling, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 12 November 1967 (aged 53) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Maritzburg College, Stellenbosch Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Lionel van Reenen (29 March 1914 – 12 November 1967) was a South African rugby union player.[1]
Playing career
Van Reenen played provincial rugby for the Western Province in the South African Currie Cup competition. He was a member of the 1937 Springbok touring team to Australia and New Zealand and played his first test matches for South Africa on 17 July 1937 against the Wallabies at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He played in one further test, the first of the three test matches in the test series victory over New Zealand.[2]
Test history
| No. | Opponents | Results (SA 1st) |
Position | Tries | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Australia |
26–17 | Flank | 2 | 17 Jul 1937 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney |
| 2. |  New Zealand |
7–13 | Number 8 | 14 Aug 1937 | Athletic Park, Wellington |
See also
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 259
References
- ^ "George van Reenen". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Heath, Duane; Grieb, Eddie; Smit, Kobus (2020). South African Rugby Annual 2020. Cape Town: South African Rugby Union. p. 246. ISBN 9780620872041.
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