Heyneke Meyer
| Date of birth | 6 October 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Nelspruit, Transvaal Province, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Bergvlam High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Linda Meyer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Head Coach | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1986–1987 | Tukkies | () | |
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| Years | Team | ||
| 1997 1998–2000 1999 1999 1999–2001 2000 2000–2001 2001 2002 2002–2007 2003–2004 2005–2007 2008–2009 2012–2015 |
SWD Eagles (Asst. Coach) SWD Eagles (Head Coach) Stormers (Forwards Coach) Emerging Springboks South Africa (Forwards Coach) Bulls Blue Bulls (Asst. Coach - Currie Cup) Blue Bulls (Head Coach - Vodacom Cup) Bulls Blue Bulls (Head Coach - Currie Cup) Blue Bulls (Head Coach - Vodacom Cup) Bulls Leicester Tigers South Africa (Head Coach) |
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Heyneke Meyer (born 6 October 1967 in Nelspruit, South Africa) is a rugby union coach, who was most recently the head coach of the South African national team. He was previously Head Coach at Leicester Tigers in England, and spent many years at domestic level in South Africa prior to his English stint.
Meyer attended Bergvlam High School in Nelspruit before studying sports psychology at the University of Pretoria. He obtained various degrees after high school life, including BA (Psychology, Geography and Human Movement Science), Hons BA (Geography).
Meyer, who studied at University of Pretoria, played for the university's rugby team, the Tukkies. He took on a player-coaching role with the team, and upon graduating in 1988, he took on a full-time role with the team. He coached various High School and Under-21 teams in Pretoria, before joining the SWD Eagles in the Currie Cup in 1997. He first started as an assistant coach with the team under Phil Pretorius, before being given the reigns of head coach in 1998. In his debut year, he led the team to the semi-finals during the 1998 Vodacom Cup, losing to the Golden Lions 31–19. He also improved their positioning in the Currie Cup, finishing seventh after the regular season. In 1999, the Eagles failed to make the semi-finals in the Vodacom Cup, though made the semi-finals of the Currie cup, defeating South African powerhouses Sharks and Western Province along the way. In addition to this, Meyer was an assistant coach to Alan Solomons at the Stormers during the 1999 Super 12 season, in which the Stormers finished second on the table after the regular season, before being beaten 33–18 in the semi-final by the Otago Highlanders. Haven been appointed head coach of the Bulls for the 2000 Super 12 season, taking over from Eugene van Wyk, Meyer stood down from his post with the Eagles.
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