Pieter Louw
Birth name | Pieter Johannes Louw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 January 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb; 216 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Paarl Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pieter Louw (born 24 January 1985) is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position was flank.
Louw played junior rugby at
British and Irish Lions in 2009. He spent the most time at top level as a cover player for Schalk Burger and later for Francois Louw
.
Pieter Louw finished his playing career in 2011 at the age of 26 after three seasons of Super Rugby, then pursuing a business career. He was invited back to Stormers in 2012 while they had many injuries in the back-row, but he turned down the offer, so they loaned Canadian player Jebb Sinclair.
External links
- WP rugby profile
- Stormers profile
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Pieter Louw". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 June 2016.