{{short description|South African rugby union footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Andries Truscott | image = | caption = | birth_name = Jan Andries Truscott | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|07|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Alberton, Gauteng, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.83m | weight = 108kg | position = Hooker | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = University of Pretoria | ru_amclubcaps = | ru_amclubpoints = | amupdate = | years1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | clubupdate = | province1 = Northern Transvaal | provinceyears1 = 1991–93, 96–99 | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | repteam1 = South Africa | repyears1 = 1992 | repcaps1 = | reppoints1 = | repupdate = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | ru_coachupdate = | school = Grey College, Bloemfontein | university = University of Pretoria }}
''' Johannes Andries Truscott ''' (born 22 July 1968) is a former South African rugby union player.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Bankfin Annual 1993|last=Van Rooyen|first=Quintus|publisher=SA Rugby Writers' Society|year=1993|isbn=0620172940|pages=94}}</ref>
==Playing career== A product off Grey College in Bloemfontein, Truscott represented the {{rut|Free State}} Schools team at the annual Craven Week tournament in 1986 and was then selected for the South African Schools team. After school he moved to Transvaal and played for the {{rut|Transvaal}} under 20 teams in 1987 and in 1988 he relocated to {{rut|Northern Transvaal}}, also playing for the under 20 team.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Who's who of South African rugby 1999|last=Schoeman|first=Chris|date=1999|publisher=Who's Who of SA Rugby|isbn=1868061744|edition= 4th|location=Cape Town|pages=148|oclc=56517006}}</ref> He made his senior provincial debut for Northern Transvaal in 1990.
Truscott toured with the Springboks in 1992 to France and England. He did not play in any test matches for the Springboks but played in four tour matches.<ref name=":0" /> In 1993, Truscott received a two-year ban after testing positive for the use of the banned stimulant.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1993-05-26|title=Sporting Digest: Rugby Union|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sporting-digest-rugby-union-2325319.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sporting-digest-rugby-union-2325319.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2020-07-31|website=The Independent|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Truscott returned during the 1996 season, and represented Northern Transvaal in the inaugural Super 12. He was subsequently included the 1996 Springbok squad for the Tri-Nations, but did not play in any matches.
==See also== *List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. '''581'''
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