repteam repcaps clubupdate birth_date currentclub university years youthyears repyears points image school name occupation fullname birth_place height relatives reppoints weight position apps article_title repupdate
south xv africa u19 south africa u21 south africa springbok 8 48 1 13 june 2015 18 november 1985 / university of pretoria 2004 14 2015 -- 2015 -- -- 05 2006 2007 -- 14 2007 -- 2004 -- 05 2004 2006 2008 -- 2015 15 0 40 45 0 0 adriaan strauss 2011.jpg grey college , bloemfontein adriaan strauss professional rugby player jan adriaan strauss bloemfontein , south africa 1.85 m ftin on andries -rrb- strauss -lrb- cousin -rrb- richardt strauss -lrb- cousin 10 25 0 113 kg stlb on hooker 22 8 97 56 13 0 adriaan strauss
 31 august 2015
adriaan strauss

jan adriaan strauss -lrb- born 18 november 1985 in bloemfontein , south africa -rrb- is a rugby hooker who represents the in the absa currie cup and the in super rugby .
strauss made his international debut for south africa on 19 july 2008 coming off the bench against australia in the tri nations .
he stayed with the team for the remainder of the tri nations earning 5 caps , but missed out on the november tour to the uk following the return of john smit to action with chiliboy ralepelle leapfrogging him in the selection order .
he scored both of his first two tries for the springboks in one test on 18 november 2012 against scotland at murrayfield in edinburgh .
