Dan van Zyl
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Daniel Jacobus van Zyl is a South Africa
n sportsman who represented his country at rugby union
and played first-class cricket
.
Dan van Zyl was educated at St. Alban's College
and the University of Pretoria
. He played his provincial rugby at Western Province
and represented the Stormers
as a scrum half in the Super 12. Also capable of playing fly half, van Zyl toured Europe and the United Kingdom with the South African national rugby union team in 2000 and made his only Test match appearance in a fixture against England at Twickenham as a reserve. He later played with and coached Irish club County Carlow
and is now the coach of The Kings Hospital Junior Cup Team as well as a player for Old Wesley
.
An all-rounder
who bowled right-arm off-break, van Zyl played at Northern Transvaal
from 1992/93 to 1996/97 and then Boland in 1998/99. Interestingly he averaged exactly a wicket a match in both forms of the game, with 26 wickets from 26 first-class appearances and 48 wickets from 48 one dayers. He never scored a hundred with the bat but managed seven half centuries in first-class cricket to finish with a respectable 1293 runs at 27.51. Van Zyl had his best season in 1995/96 when he scored 332 runs at 33.20 and took eight wickets at 24.50.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n sportsman who represented his country at rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
and played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
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Dan van Zyl was educated at St. Alban's College
St. Alban's College
St Alban's College is a private boarding school/day school for boys situated in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. It was founded in 1963 by Anton Murray.-About:...
and the University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria is a multi campus public research university located in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa...
. He played his provincial rugby at Western Province
Western Province (rugby team)
DHL Western Province is a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. The team has won the Currie Cup on 32 occasions and has the most supporters of any Currie Cup team...
and represented the Stormers
Stormers
The Stormers, for sponsorship reasons referred to as DHL Stormers, are a South African rugby union team based in Cape Town competing in the Super Rugby competition . Despite their lack of silverware over the years, their home stadium, Newlands, typically draws the highest average attendance figures...
as a scrum half in the Super 12. Also capable of playing fly half, van Zyl toured Europe and the United Kingdom with the South African national rugby union team in 2000 and made his only Test match appearance in a fixture against England at Twickenham as a reserve. He later played with and coached Irish club County Carlow
County Carlow Football Club
County Carlow Football Club is a rugby club in Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland. The club was founded in October 1873, and is one of the oldest rugby clubs in Ireland...
and is now the coach of The Kings Hospital Junior Cup Team as well as a player for Old Wesley
Old Wesley
Old Wesley Rugby Football Club was founded in 1891 from the past pupils of Wesley College, Dublin. Since then it has become one of Leinster's most famous clubs. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1909 and 1985 as well as winning the AIL Division 2 title in 1989...
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An all-rounder
All-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...
who bowled right-arm off-break, van Zyl played at Northern Transvaal
Northerns cricket team
Northerns cricket team has played first-class cricket in South Africa since December 1937....
from 1992/93 to 1996/97 and then Boland in 1998/99. Interestingly he averaged exactly a wicket a match in both forms of the game, with 26 wickets from 26 first-class appearances and 48 wickets from 48 one dayers. He never scored a hundred with the bat but managed seven half centuries in first-class cricket to finish with a respectable 1293 runs at 27.51. Van Zyl had his best season in 1995/96 when he scored 332 runs at 33.20 and took eight wickets at 24.50.