{{short description|South African rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Vlok Cilliers | image = | caption = | birth_name = Nicolaas Vlok Cilliers | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|03|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Williston, Northern Cape]], South Africa | height = 1.72m | weight = 82kg | position = [[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly-half]] | province1 = {{rut|South Western Districts}} | provinceyears1 = 1989–1991 | provinceapps1 = 25 | provincepoints1 = | province2 = {{rut|Western Province}} | provinceyears2 = 1992–1998 | provinceapps2 = 76 | provincepoints2 = 746 | province3 = {{Rut|Free State Cheetahs}} | provinceyears3 = 1999 | provinceapps3 = 4 | provincepoints3 = 26 | super1 = | superyears1 = | superapps1 = | superpoints1 = | repteam1 = [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] | repyears1 = 1996 | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = | repupdate = | repsevensyears1 = 1993–1998 | repsevensteam1 = {{nrut7|South Africa}} | repsevenscomp1 = 4 | school = Carnarvon High School }} '''Nicolaas Vlok Cilliers ''' (born 26 March 1968) is a South African former [[rugby union]] player who played as a fly-half.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/12070.html|title=Vlok Cilliers|website=ESPN scrum|access-date=2021-01-02}}</ref> After his playing years, he became a kicking coach.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Springbok turned kicking coach utterly seduced by the Six Nations|url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/springbok-six-nations-entry-a-no-brainer-says-french-kicking-coach/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.rugbypass.com|language=en}}</ref>
==Playing career== Cilliers represented {{rut|North Western Cape}} at the 1987 [[Craven Week]] tournament for schoolboys and in 1988, while receiving his police training, he played for {{rut|Northern Transvaal}}'s under–20 team. He made his provincial debut for {{rut|South Western Districts}} in 1989, after which he moved to {{rut|Western Province}}, for which he played 76 games and scored 746 points. He finished his playing career with the {{rut|Free State Cheetahs}}.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Who's who of South African rugby 1999|last=Schoeman|first=Chris|date=1999|publisher=Don Nelson Publishers|edition= 4th|location=Cape Town|pages=99}}</ref>
Cilliers made his [[Test match (rugby union)|test]] debut for the [[Springboks]] in 1996 during the second test against {{nrut|New Zealand}} at [[Kings Park Stadium|Kings Park]] in Durban.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Colquhoun|first=Andy|title=South African Rugby Annual 2005|publisher=SA Rugby & MWP Media (Pty) Ltd|year=2005|isbn=0958440492|location=Cape Town|pages=491}}</ref>
==See also== *[[List of South Africa national rugby union players#List|List of South Africa national rugby union players]] – Springbok no. '''637''' *[[List of South Africa national rugby sevens players]]
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