Tiaan Strauss
Full names: Christiaan Petrus
Date of birth: 28 Jun 1965
Place of birth: Upington
School: Upington
Springbok no: 579
Springbok debut province: Western Province
Physical: 1.87m, 103.9kg
Current age: 59
Test summary: Tests: 15 Tries: 4
First Test: 17 Oct 1992 Age 27 - Eighthman against France at Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Last Test: 15 Oct 1994 Age 29 - Eighthman against Argentina at Ellispark, Johannesburg
Tours France & England 1992 Australia 1993 Argentina 1993 New Zealand 1994 Scotland & Wales 1994
Test history:
DateAgePositionOpponentVenueResultScoreProvince
17 Oct 1992 27Eighthman France Stade de Gerland, Lyon Win: 20-15  WP
24 Oct 1992 27Eighthman France Parc des Princes, Paris Lose: 16-29  WP
14 Nov 1992 27Flank England Twickenham, London Lose: 16-331 try WP
26 Jun 1993 27Eighthman France Kingspark, Durban Draw: 20-20  WP
03 Jul 1993 28Eighthman France Ellispark, Johannesburg Lose: 17-18  WP
31 Jul 1993 28Eighthman Australia Sydney Football Stadium (Aussie stadium), Sydney Win: 19-12  WP
14 Aug 1993 28Eighthman Australia Ballymore, Brisbane Lose: 20-28  WP
21 Aug 1993 28Eighthman Australia Sydney Football Stadium (Aussie stadium), Sydney Lose: 12-19  WP
06 Nov 1993 28Eighthman Argentina Ferrocarril-Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires Win: 29-26  WP
13 Nov 1993 28Eighthman Argentina Ferrocarril-Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires Win: 52-232 tries WP
04 Jun 1994 28Eighthman England Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Lose: 15-32  WP
09 Jul 1994 29Flank (C) New Zealand Carisbrook, Dunedin Lose: 14-22  WP
23 Jul 1994 29Flank New Zealand Athletic Park, Wellington Lose: 9-13  WP
08 Oct 1994 29Eighthman Argentina Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth Win: 42-221 try WP
15 Oct 1994 29Eighthman Argentina Ellispark, Johannesburg Win: 46-26  WP

He won 14 caps for the Springboks between 1992 and 1994, scoring four ties and even captaining them on occasion. He also played a record 156 matches for Western Province during Western Province's golden period before he moved permanently to Australia.

Besides representing both South Africa and Australia at international level in rugby union, Strauss also played top-level domestic rugby league in Australia.

In Australia he played two seasons with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks before switching back to rugby union for New South Wales. He was selected for the Wallabies a total of 11 times, scoring a hat-trick against Ireland on debut.

All but two of his caps were from the bench. He did make a capable replacement for Toutai Kefu in the 1999 World Cup quarter-final in Cardiff when the former was banned, but it turned out to be his last cap.