Theuns Briers

Theunis Petrus Daniël Briers (11 July 1929 – 7 October 2018) was a South African rugby union player.

Playing career Briers matriculated at Paarl Boys' High School and played club rugby for the Paarl RC. He made his provincial debut for in 1953 was a member the Western Province Currie Cup winning teams in 1954 and 1959.

Briers made his test match debut for against Robin Thompson's British Lions side in 1955 at Ellis Park in front of over 90,000 fans and scored two tries. He initially declared himself unavailable for the Springbok tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1956, but was called up as a replacement and joined the tour in time for the second test against the All Blacks. Briers also played in 5 tour matches during the New Zealand leg of the tour and scored 4 tries.

Test history No. Opponents Results(SA 1st) Position Tries Dates Venue 1. 25–9 Wing 2 6 Aug 1955 Ellis Park, Johannesburg 2. British Lions 6–9 Wing 1 20 Aug 1955 Newlands, Cape Town 3. British Lions 6–9 Wing 3 Sep 1955 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria 4. British Lions 22–8 Wing 2 24 Sep 1955 Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth 5. 8–3 Wing 4 Aug 1956 Athletic Park, Wellington 6. 10–17 Wing 18 Aug 1956 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 7. 5–11 Wing 1 Sep 1956 Eden Park, Auckland