Uli Schmidt
| Full name | Ulrich Louis Schmidt | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 July 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Pretoria, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb; 14 st 9 lb) | ||
| School | Hoërskool Hendrik Verwoerd | ||
| University | University of Pretoria | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Hooker | ||
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1986–92 1992–94 |
Blue Bulls Transvaal |
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| correct as of 11 August 2014. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1986–1994 | South Africa | 17 | (9) |
| correct as of 11 August 2014. | |||
Ulrich Louis Schmidt (also known as Uli Schmidt) (born 10 July 1961 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union footballer. His usual position was at hooker, where he played for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup, and later the Golden Lions, as well as the national team, the Springboks. He later became a Springbok team doctor.
Schmidt made his international debut for the Springboks as a 24-year-old on 10 May in 1986 in a test against the NZ Cavaliers, which the Springboks won 21 to 15 at Newlands. He played in three subsequent tests against the New Zealand side throughout that May as well. The next time he would be capped for the national side would be in 1989, when he played in two tests against a World Invitation side, both of which the Springboks won.
He was capped twice in 1992, playing at hooker in a test against the All Blacks, which the Springboks lost 24 to 27, as well as a test against the Wallabies, which South Africa also lost, 3 to 26. He was capped five times for South Africa in the subsequent season, playing two tests against France and a three test series against the Wallabies in Australia. He earned four caps in 1994, the year in which he played his last test for South Africa on 26 November at Cardiff Arms Park, in a victory over Wales.
On the field, he was known for rough, even violent play.[1][2]
His racist remarks (that Blacks must stick to Football because they are no good for Rugby) were mentioned in the South African Parliament in 1998.[3]
He moved to Australia in 2006. He currently lives and works on the NSW Central Coast. He is a qualified medical doctor.
He also did commentary for Supersport.
Accolades
In 2000 he was inducted into the University of Pretoria Sport Hall of fame.[4]
External links
- ↑ Brink, André (1998). Reinventing a continent : writing and politics in South Africa. Cambridge MS: Zoland Books. p. 225. ISBN 9780944072899.
South Africa's greatest rugby heroes — Jaap Bekker, Mannetjies Roux, Uli Schmidt and their ilk — tended to be those known to instil terror in their opponents through the violence of their dirty tricks.
- ↑ "Editorial". Financial Mail. 1987. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
They have just done the game another disservice by refusing to act against the truculent Uli Schmidt — imagine trying to pull a player out of a maul by his hair!
- ↑ Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard). Government Printer. 1998. p. 2391.
- ↑ http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=10413 Hall of fame Retrieved 25 June 2011
- Uli Schmidt at SARugby.co.za
- Uli Schmidt on genslin.us