Jannie Breedt

Johannes Christoffel Breedt (born 4 June 1959) is a South African former rugby union player.

Playing career

Breedt played for Northern Transvaal and Transvaal in the South African provincial competitions. He made his debut for Northern Transvaal in 1981 and in 1985 he relocated to Transvaal. He played 118 matches for Transvaal and captained the side on a 102 occasions, the first player to captain the province more than a hundred times. He led his team to four Currie Cup finals, finishing runner–up on each occasion.

Breedt made his test debut for the Springboks against the visiting New Zealand Cavaliers on 10 May 1986 at Newlands in Cape Town. In 1989, Breedt was appointed as Springbok captain for the two test matches against the World XV and so became the 41st Springbok test captain. He was capped 8 times for the Springboks.

Test history

No. Opposition Result(SA 1st) Position Tries Date Venue 1. New Zealand Cavaliers21–15 Number 8 10 May 1986 Newlands, Cape Town 2. New Zealand Cavaliers18–19 Number 8 17 May 1986 Kings Park, Durban 3. New Zealand Cavaliers33–18 Number 8 24 May 1986 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria 4. New Zealand Cavaliers24–10 Number 8 31 May 1986 Ellis Park, Johannesburg 5. World XV20–19 Number 8 (c) 26 Aug 1989 Newlands, Cape Town 6. World XV22–16 Number 8 (c) 2 Sep 1989 Ellis Park, Johannesburg 7. 24–27 Number 8 15 Aug 1992 Ellis Park, Johannesburg 8. 3–26 Number 8 22 Aug 1992Newlands, Cape Town

Accolades Breedt was one of the five nominees for 1985 SA Rugby player of the Year award. The other nominees for the award were Schalk Burger, Gerrie Sonnekus, Danie Gerber and the eventual winner of the award, Naas Botha.