Rudolph August Wilkens Straeuli (born 20 August 1963 in Pretoria, South Africa) played rugby union in the positions of flanker and Number 8 for, and later coached, the Springboks rugby team. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short A Rugby union team is made up of 15 players eight forwards numbered from 1 to 8 and seven backs numbered from 9 to 15 The South Africa national Rugby union team (commonly referred to as the Springboks in English Springbokke in Afrikaans and Amabokoboko He also played for the Lions provincial team in the Currie Cup competition. The Golden Lions are the main Rugby union for Johannesburg, South Africa, although they also represent a substantial portion of Gauteng Province For the cricket competition originally known as the Currie Cup see SuperSport Series. Straeuli stands 1. 95 meters tall and weighs 110 kilograms. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International
Straeuli made his debut for South Africa on 9 July 1994 against the All Blacks, in which he also scored a try. Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The All Blacks are New Zealand's national team in Rugby union, the country's National sport. A try is the major way of scoring points in Rugby league and Rugby union. In all he played 10 tests, including representing South Africa in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, before his career ended on 18 November 1995 against England at Twickenham Stadium. The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted by South Africa, and had the distinction of being the first Rugby World Cup in which every match Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The England national rugby union team represents England in Rugby union. Twickenham Stadium (usually known as just Twickenham or Twickers) is a Stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond
It is not his skills as a rugby player, but his coaching skills that he is infamous for. After Harry Viljoen could not deliver the goods, winning only 53% of his games, Straeuli was seen as a breath of fresh air. Many lauded him as the saviour of South African rugby, the man who would get the job done.
At first things seemed to be going well for Straeuli as he won his first four games, with two victories over Wales, a 20 point mauling of Argentina and a convincing 60–18 defeat of Samoa. The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international The Argentina national rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas, represents Argentina in international Rugby union matches The national Rugby union team of Samoa is called Manu Samoa (the name of a famous Samoan chief some 10 generations ago But when it came to facing the world's top teams, disaster struck.
Under Straeuli the Springboks reached their lowest point in world rugby with record defeats against several countries, most notably:
- 30–10 to France at the Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
- 21–6 to Scotland at Murrayfield, Edinburgh
- 53–3 to England at Twickenham, London
- 52–16 to New Zealand at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Through all the failures Straeuli kept telling the public that he was still building his team and that they should judge him on his performance in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The Stade Vélodrome is a 60031 capacity Stadium in Marseille, France. Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ Murrayfield is a sports Stadium in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and is the home of Scottish Rugby Union Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Twickenham Stadium (usually known as just Twickenham or Twickers) is a Stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Loftus Versfeld Stadium is a sports stadium situated in Pretoria, South Africa. Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby union world cup and was won by England. When South Africa didn't make the semifinals for the first time ever in a World Cup where they participated they did just that, and Straeuli was forced to resign shortly after the campaign when details of his infamous Kamp Staaldraad training camp came to light. Kamp Staaldraad ( Afrikaans words translated idiomatically as Camp Barbed Wire) was a military-style " Boot camp " organized as a "
Overall Straeuli coached 23 tests and won only 52% of them, doing worse than his predecessor and making him the worst South African coach for the amount of games played in history. He also only won two out of the 17 games played against the top six teams in the world.
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