Ronnie Potgieter

Ronald Potgieter (18 November 1943 – 23 September 2021) was a South African international rugby union player.

Potgieter was born in the iron mining town of Thabazimbi and educated at the College of the Little Flower in Pietersburg, before pursuing an engineering degree at university. He was an SA Universities representative player.

A prop, Potgieter made his provincial debut for Northern Transvaal in 1967 and was a member of the Springboks squad on their 1969–70 tour of Britain and Ireland. He featured in six uncapped fixtures and had to return home from the tour early after suffering a knee ligament injury against South Western Counties in Exeter.