{{short description|South African rugby union player (born 1967)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = FA Meiring | image = | caption = | birth_name = Francois Anton Meiring | birth_place = Somerset East, Eastern Cape | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|08|24|df=y}} | death_date = | death_place = | currentclub = | position = | height = 1.82m | weight = 92kg | province1 = {{rut|Eastern Province}} | provinceyears1 = | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | province2 = {{rut|Northern Transvaal}} | provinceyears2 = 14 | provinceapps2 = 105 | provincepoints2 = 53 | repteam1 = South Africa | repyears1 = 1994 | repcaps1 = | reppoints1 = | repupdate = | school = Gill College, Somerset East }} '''Francois Anton Meiring ''' (born 24 August 1967) is a South African former rugby union player.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Bankfin Annual 1993|last=Van Rooyen|first=Quintus|publisher=SA Rugby Writers' Society|year=1993|isbn=0620172940|location=Verwoerdburg|pages=88}}</ref>
==Playing career== As a schoolboy, Meiring represented {{Rut|North Eastern Cape}} at 1984-1986 Craven Week tournament after which he was selected for the South African Schools team. He made his senior provincial debut in 1990 and played provincial rugby for {{rut|Eastern Province}} and {{rut|Northern Transvaal}}. In 1994 he toured with the Springboks to New Zealand. Meiring did not play in any test matches but played in seven tour matches, scoring two tries for the Springboks.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Bankfin Annual 1997|last=Van Rooyen|first=Quintus|publisher=SA Rugby Writers' Society|year=1997|isbn=0620209607|location=Montana Park|pages=117}}</ref>
==See also== *List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. '''612''' *List of South Africa national under-18 rugby union team players
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