Derick Hougaard
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| Derick Hougaard | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | January 4 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa  |
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| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) | ||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | ||
| Occupation(s) | Professional rugby union footballer | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | flyhalf | ||
| Provincial/State sides | Caps | (points) | |
| 2002-present | Blue Bulls |
68 | (712) |
| Super Rugby | |||
| 2003-present | Bulls |
43 | (399) |
| National team(s) | |||
| 2003-present | Springboks |
8 | (69) |
Derick Hougaard (born 4 January 1983 in Cape Town) is a South African rugby union player. His position of choice is flyhalf. Hougaard plays for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup competition in South Africa and the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition.
At the age of only 19, Hougaard made local history by scoring the most points by a player in a Currie Cup final, 26, by means of 1 try, 2 drop goals and 5 penalties in the 2002 final against the Lions, breaking Naas Botha's 15 year record of 24 points. This feat at the start of his career and his excellent goal kicking success ratio during the following years earned him the accolade "Liefling van Loftus", an Afrikaans phrase meaning the "sweetheart of Loftus Versfeld Stadium" in Pretoria. Each time Hougaard scores points for the Bulls at Loftus, the chorus of a Ge Korsten song named "Liefling" is played in the stadium.
At the age of only 20, Hougaard made his test debut for the Springboks during the 2003 World Cup as a reserve during the 72 to 6 win over Uruguay at Subiaco Oval in Perth, he also scored his first international points, successful in a conversion. After resuming his role as a reserve in the next match against England, Hougaard was promoted to flyhalf for the remaining three games that South Africa played at the World Cup. At the close of the World Cup, Hougaard, with five caps to his name had produced 48 points, including two tries. In the 2003 world cup match against Samoa, Hougaard was knocked out by a legal but hard tackle from Brian Lima.
The 2007 Super 14 semi-final saw Hougaard scoring all of his side's 27 points, by means of 8 penalties and a drop goal, against the Canterbury Crusaders at Loftus Versveld in Pretoria. This equalled Adrian Cashmore of the Auckland Blues's 1998 record for most points by an individual in a Super Rugby semi-final. This victory was historic since it set up the first ever Super Rugby final between two South African teams. The 2007 Super 14 season was also a personal best in Hougaard's Super Rugby career, having scored 161 points in 14 matches.
[edit] External links
- Derick Hougaard on bluebulls.co.za
- Currie Cup Individual Records on superrugby.co.za
- Super 14 Records on superrugby.co.za
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