ru_nationalcaps birth_date ru_coachyears ru_nationalyears university ru_nationalteam ru_province ru_nationalpoints ru_position other name occupation birth_place relatives ru_amateurclubs ru_ntupdate ru_coachclubs article_title birth_name ru_amateuryears
7 16 january 1951 1986 -- 89 1981 -- 82 university of pretoria university of natal springboks northern & nbsp ; transvaal natal -lrb- 0 -rrb- no. 8 yes wynand claassen architect schweizer-reneke george -rrb- claassen -lrb- father -rrb- antonie claassen -lrb- son university of pretoria university of natal 2 june 2013 university of natal wynand claassen
 wynand claassen 1976 -- 80 1981 -- 85
wynand claassen

wynand claassen -lrb- born 16 january 1951 in schweizer-reneke -rrb- is a south african rugby player .
he was selected as eighth-man for northern transvaal whilst studying architecture at the university of pretoria in the late 1970s .
his father was george claassen , a schoolmaster from middelburg hoërskool and winner of the 1961 comrades marathon between pietermaritzburg and durban .
he formed a loose-trio with thys lourens and burger geldenhuys and soon had two currie cup final victories .
in 1980 he moved to natal and was selected for the springboks in 1981 , captaining the team on his debut against ireland .
despite natal 's relegation to the currie cup b section at the end of 1981 he continued as springbok captain until 1984 .
claassen is credited with reviving rugby at the university of natal , both as a player and later as a coach .
in 1988 he coached the durban campus of the university of natal to the moor cup title .
