André Venter

André Gerhardus Venter (born 14 November 1970 in Vereeniging, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union footballer who earned 66 caps playing for the South Africa national team during the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2000s. He represented South Africa during the 1999 Rugby World Cup where they finished third.

A few years after his retirement he was diagnosed with a degenerative syndrome of the central nervous system, later revealed to be transverse myelitis, which causes damage to the spine, and forced him into a wheelchair. Later, his former Springbok teammate, Joost van der Westhuizen developed a degenerative nervous disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

International statistics Test Match Record Against P W D L Tri Pts %Won 3 3 0 0 2 10 11 4 1 6 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 4 0 0 6 4 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 5 5 5 0 0 1 5 14 5 0 9 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 3 15 Total 66 41 1 24 9 45 Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Pts = Points Scored

Test tries (9)

Tries Opposition Location Venue Competition Date Result1 Buenos Aires, Argentina Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium Test match 9 Nov 1996 1 Buenos Aires, Argentina Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium Test match 16 Nov 1996 1 Edinburgh, Scotland Murrayfield Test match 6 Dec 1997 2 Pretoria, South Africa Loftus Versfeld Test match 27 Jun 1998 1 London, England Wembley Test match 14 Nov 1998 1 Edinburgh, Scotland Murrayfield World Cup 3 Oct 1999 1 Dublin, Ireland Lansdowne Road Test match 19 Nov 2000 1 Port Elizabeth, South Africa Boet Erasmus Stadium Test match 30 Jun 2001

World Cup matches Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place No. Date Opposition Venue Stage Position Tries Result 1999 1. 3 Oct 1999 Murrayfield, Edinburgh Pool match Flank 1 2. 15 Oct 1999 Hampden Park, Glasgow Pool match Flank 3. 24 Oct 1999 Stade de France, Paris Quarter-final Flank 4. 30 Oct 1999 Twickenham, London Semi-finalFlank 5. 4 Nov 1999 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Third place play-off Flank