Ollie le Roux

Ollie le Roux
Full name	Andre-Henri le Roux
Date of birth	10 May 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Fort Beaufort, South Africa
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	150 kg (23 st 9 lb; 331 lb)
School	Grey College
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Prop
Senior career
Years	Team
1993–1994	Free State
1995–2003	Sharks (Currie Cup)
1996–2003	Sharks
2005	Cats
2005–2007	Free State Cheetahs
2006–2007	Cheetahs
2007–2009	Leinster
International career
Years	Team
1994–2002	South Africa

Andre-Henri "Ollie" le Roux (born 10 May 1973)^[1] is a South African rugby union footballer with 54 caps for his country.

Rugby career

Le Roux was born in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape. In his professional club rugby career he has played for: the Sharks, Durban, Free State Cheetahs, Cheetahs, Bloemfontein, Leinster and the Stormers. He has also played invitational rugby for the Barbarians.^[2]

Le Roux made his international debut for the Springboks against England in 1994 and won 54 Springbok caps. He holds the record as the youngest prop forward to ever play for South Africa.^[3]

He became a crowd favourite on joining Leinster. He was part of their Celtic League success in 2008. Despite Le Roux's large size – 6' (1.8m) and 136 kilograms (or 21 st 7 lbs/ 301 lbs) his work rate around the field is top drawer.^{[citation needed]}

Retirement

Now retired, the chicken farming entrepreneur recently completed an Ironman triathlon. He lives in Bloemfontein with his wife Mariska and their four daughters Mia, Chloe, Donna and Lisa. He currently is part of the Optimum Financial Services group^[4]

Honours

South Africa

Tri Nations: 1998

Sharks

Currie Cup: 1992

Free State Cheetahs

Currie Cup: 2005, 2006 (shared), 2007 (Le Roux did not feature in final)

Leinster

Celtic League: 2008

References

^ Ollie Le Roux player profile ESPN Scrum.com
^ O'Rielly, Peter (4 November 2007). "Ollie le Roux is hungry for more". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
^ Dobson, Paul (1999). Champions and challengers. London: Struik. p. 60. ISBN 1-86872-393-3. OCLC 43526923.
^ "LEGENDS OF LEINSTER - OLLIE LE ROUX..." 31 October 2013.

External links

"SA Rugby Player Profile – Ollie le Roux". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
Leinster profile
Ollie le Roux at ESPNscrum

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[1] Ollie Le Roux player profile ESPN Scrum.com

[2] O'Rielly, Peter (4 November 2007). "Ollie le Roux is hungry for more". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2010.

[3] Dobson, Paul (1999). Champions and challengers. London: Struik. p. 60. ISBN 1-86872-393-3. OCLC 43526923.

[4] "LEGENDS OF LEINSTER - OLLIE LE ROUX..." 31 October 2013.

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