Tiny Neethling

Jacobus Burger Neethling (6 July 1939 – 3 April 2009) was a South African international rugby union player.^[1]

Tiny Neethling

Full name	Jacobus Burger Neethling
Date of birth	(1939-07-06)6 July 1939
Place of birth	Rawsonville, South Africa
Date of death	3 April 2009(2009-04-03) (aged 69)
Place of death	Paarp, South Africa
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	103 kg (227 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose–head prop Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1961–71 Western Province 81 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1967–70 South Africa 8

Neethling was born in Rawsonville and attended Goudini High School.^[2]

A strongly built prop, Neethling was a Junior Springbok and first earned representative honours for Western Province in 1961. He made his Springboks debut in a 1965 match against Combined Universities, but didn't feature at international level until two years later, playing all four matches of a home series with France. Capped sporadically thereafter, Neethling played against the British Lions at Ellis Park in 1968, Scotland at Murrayfield the following year, then ended his international career with two home Test matches against the All Blacks. He served as captain of Western Province in 1969 and finished with a provincial record of 81 appearances.^[3]

Neethling was employed by tobacco company Rembrandt Group.^[2]

See also

• List of South Africa national rugby union players