# Dan van Zyl

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South African sportsman

Rugby player

Dan van Zyl Born Daniel Jacobus van Zyl (1971-01-08) 8 January 1971 (age 55) Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Weight 85 kg (187 lb) Rugby union career Position Scrum-half Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) Western Province Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) Stormers International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2000 South Africa 1 (0) Correct as of 2000-12-02

**Daniel Jacobus van Zyl** (born 8 January 1971 in [Pretoria](/source/Pretoria)) is a South African sportsman who represented his country at [rugby union](/source/Rugby_union) and played [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket).

Dan van Zyl was educated at [St. Alban's College](/source/St._Alban's_College) and the [University of Pretoria](/source/University_of_Pretoria). He played his provincial rugby at [Western Province](/source/Western_Province_(rugby_team)) and represented the [Stormers](/source/Stormers) as a scrum half in the [Super 12](/source/Super_12). Also capable of playing fly half, van Zyl toured Europe and the United Kingdom with the [South African national rugby union team](/source/South_African_national_rugby_union_team) in 2000 and made his only Test match appearance in a fixture against England at Twickenham as a reserve.[1] He later played with and coached Irish club [County Carlow](/source/County_Carlow_Football_Club) and is now the coach of [Wicklow RFC](/source/Wicklow_RFC) as well as a player for [Old Wesley](/source/Old_Wesley).

An [all-rounder](/source/All-rounder) who bowled right-arm off-break, van Zyl played at [Northern Transvaal](/source/Northerns_(cricket_team)) from 1992/93 to 1996/97 and then [Boland](/source/Boland_cricket_team) in 1998/99. He averaged exactly a wicket a match in both forms of the game, with 26 wickets from 26 first-class appearances and 48 wickets from 48 one dayers. He never scored a hundred with the bat but managed seven half centuries in first-class cricket to finish with a respectable 1293 runs at 27.51. Van Zyl had his best season in 1995/96 when he scored 332 runs at 33.20 and took eight wickets at 24.50.[2]

## Accolades

In 2004 he was inducted into the [University of Pretoria](/source/University_of_Pretoria) Sport Hall of fame.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Profile: Dan van Zyl"](http://www.sarugby.co.za/profiles.asp?id=18248&Search=van%20Zyl). SA Rugby.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Cricket in South Africa in 1995/96"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/1995-96_RSA.html). CricketArchive.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Hall of fame > University of Pretoria"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110717033810/http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=10413). Archived from [the original](http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID%3D10413) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011. Hall of fame Retrieved 25 June 2011

## External links

- [Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame](https://web.archive.org/web/20030214124112/http://www.genslin.us/bokke/sarugby.html)

- [Cricinfo: Dan van Zyl](http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/47716.html)

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