Danie Gerber

Early life

Rugby career

• In 1980 he played two tests against the South American Jaguars in Montevideo and Santiago. He scored a try in each test. He also played one test against France in Pretoria without scoring any points, and one other test that year.
• In 1981 he played two tests against Ireland in Cape Town and in Durban without scoring points. He also went on the 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand, playing in all three tests, without scoring any points. The infamous tour was lost by the Springboks due to a controversial penalty by the referee four minutes into injury time in the final test. He also played the final test of 1981 against the USA in Glenville, without scoring any points.
• In 1982 he played two tests against the South American Jaguars scoring three tries in Pretoria and one in Bloemfontein.
• In 1984 he played two tests against England, scoring one try in his hometown, Port Elizabeth and three in Johannesburg. In this series Gerber played outside South Africa's first ever Black player, Errol Tobias, in the series, and scored three tries in the second Test. Again the South American Jaguars toured South Africa and Gerber scored one try and one conversion in Pretoria and one try in Cape Town.
• In 1986 the New Zealand Cavaliers toured South Africa, Gerber played in all four 'test' fixtures in Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg and only managed one try in the Pretoria game.
• In 1992, after a long period of South African rugby isolation, Gerber played his final five test matches vs: New Zealand in Johannesburg scoring two tries, Australia in Cape Town without scoring any points, France in Lyon and Parc des Princes scoring one try in each match. His final test was against England on Twickenham which went without scoring any points.

  Test history

No.	Opposition	Result	Position	Points	Date	Venue
1.	South American Jaguars	22–13	Centre	4	18 October 1980	Wanderers Club, Montevideo
2.	South American Jaguars	30–16	Centre	4	25 October 1980	Prince of Wales Cricket Club, Santiago
3.		37–15	Centre		8 November 1980	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
4.		23–15	Centre	8	30 May 1981	Newlands, Cape Town
5.	Ireland	12–10	Centre		6 June 1981	Kings Park, Durban
6.		9–14	Centre		15 August 1981	Lancaster Park, Christchurch
7.	New Zealand	24–12	Centre		29 August 1981	Athletic Park, Wellington
8.	New Zealand	22–25	Centre		12 September 1981	Eden Park, Auckland
9.		38–7	Centre		20 September 1981	Owl Creek Polo ground, Glenville, New York
10.	South American Jaguars	50–18	Centre	12	27 March 1982	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
11.	South American Jaguars	12–21	Centre	4	3 April 1982	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
12.		33 - 15	Centre	4	2 June 1984	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
13.	England	35 - 9	Centre	12	9 June 1984	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
14.	South American Jaguars	32–15	Centre	6	20 October 1984	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
15.	South American Jaguars	21–13	Centre	4	27 October 1984	Newlands, Cape Town
16.	New Zealand Cavaliers	21–15	Centre		10 May 1986	Newlands, Cape Town
17.	New Zealand Cavaliers	18–19	Centre		17 May 1986	Kings Park, Durban
18.	New Zealand Cavaliers	33–18	Centre	4	24 May 1986	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
19.	New Zealand Cavaliers	24–10	Centre		31 May 1986	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
20.	New Zealand	24–27	Centre	10	15 August 1992	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
21.		3–26	Centre		22 August 1992	Newlands, Cape Town
22.	France	20–15	Centre	5	17 October 1992	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
23.	France	16–29	Centre	5	24 October 1992	Parc des Princes, Paris
24.	England	16–33	Centre		14 November 1992	Twickenham, London

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