Nico Serfontein
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| Full name | Nicolas Serfontein | |||||
| Born | 16 October 1968 South Africa | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1995 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Nico Serfontein is a South African rugby footballer and coach who represented his country in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
Playing career
Serfontein played rugby union as a Blue Bulls junior. Nico's main claim to fame in rugby league was his stint in the early nineties at Hemel Hempstead, a Herfordshire based club in England. In 1995 he played rugby league for South Africa at the 1995 World Cup.[1]
Coaching career
Serfontein later became a successful rugby union coach, coaching the Blue Bulls' Vodacom Cup and junior sides.[2] While at the Bulls he won two Vodacom Cups, three Under-21 titles finals and two Under-19 titles.[3]
In 2011, he was signed by the Golden Lions to run their junior programmes.[4]
He has been involved with the Baby Boks under former coach Eric Sauls and at the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.[5]
References
- 1 2 Nico Serfontein rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ Injury woes for Bulls and Blue Bulls mg.co.za, 9 January 2009
- ↑ Coach Nico Serfontein a huge boost for Lions lionsrugby.co.za
- ↑ Lions sign top coach sun.com.na, 12 January 2011
- ↑ Nico Serfontein irb.com