Birth name | Lodewyk Joseph Jurgens Muller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 July 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 24 May 2018 | (aged 58)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Voortrekker High School, Pietermaritzburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lodewyk Joseph Jurgens 'Lood' Muller (5 July 1959 – 24 May 2018) was a South African rugby union player, who played tighthead prop. [1]
Muller played his provincial rugby for Natal and was almost thirty years old when he made his debut for Natal in 1989. In 1990 he suffered a neck injury and missed out on Natal's first Currie Cup title in 1990, but he was a member of the Natal team that won the Currie Cup in 1992. [2]
Muller made his test debut for the Springboks in 1992 against New Zealand at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. [3]
No. | Opponents | Results (RSA 1st) |
Position | Points | Dates | Venue |
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1. | New Zealand | 24–27 | Tighthead prop | 15 August 1992 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | |
2. | Australia | 3–26 | Tighthead prop | 22 August 1992 | Newlands, Cape Town |