Fritz van Heerden
Full names: Frederick Johannes
Date of birth: 29 Jun 1970
Place of birth: Roodepoort
School: Roodepoort
Springbok no: 606
Springbok debut province: Western Province
Physical: 1.98m, 104.8kg
Current age: 54
Test summary: Tests: 14 Tries: 1
First Test: 4 Jun 1994 Age 23 - Flank against England at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Last Test: 10 Oct 1999 Age 29 - Lock against Spain at Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Tours New Zealand 1994 Italy & England 1995 Argentina, France & Wales 1996 IRB Rugby World Cup - UK 1999
Test history:
DateAgePositionOpponentVenueResultScoreProvince
04 Jun 1994 23Flank England Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Lose: 15-32  WP
11 Jun 1994 23Reserve England Newlands, Cape Town Win: 27-9  WP
06 Aug 1994 24Flank New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland Draw: 18-18  WP
12 Nov 1995 25Flank Italy Olympic Stadium, Rome Win: 40-21  WP
18 Nov 1995 25Flank England Twickenham, London Win: 24-14  WP
31 Aug 1996 26Reserve New Zealand Ellispark, Johannesburg Win: 32-22  WP
09 Nov 1996 26Reserve Argentina Ferrocarril-Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires Win: 46-15  WP
16 Nov 1996 26Reserve Argentina Ferrocarril-Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires Win: 44-21  WP
10 Jun 1997 26Lock Tonga Newlands, Cape Town Win: 74-101 try WP
28 Jun 1997 26Reserve Britain Kingspark, Durban Lose: 15-18  WP
05 Jul 1997 27Reserve Britain Ellispark, Johannesburg Win: 35-16  WP
19 Jul 1997 27Reserve New Zealand Ellispark, Johannesburg Lose: 32-35  WP
09 Aug 1997 27Reserve New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland Lose: 35-55  WP
10 Oct 1999 29Lock Spain Murrayfield, Edinburgh Win: 47-3  WP

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Fritz van Heerden (born 29 June 1970) is a former South African rugby union player who played international rugby for the Springboks, and club rugby with Western Province and Leicester Tigers.

He joined Leicester Tigers in 1998, following fellow South African Joel Stransky, and joining up with Martin Johnson, replacing Matt Poole who acquired a knee injury at about the same time with Dean Richards (normally a number eight) playing lock. Also able to play flanker, he complemented Johnson's more powerful play with mobility, but perhaps more importantly he pioneered the contesting of the opposition's line-out throws.

He returned to South Africa in 1999 to try to play for his country in the 1999 World Cup, and was drafted into the side late as a replacement for Selborne Boome, playing against Spain. After the World Cup, he returned to Leicester where he helped in the development of England lock Ben Kay. He then retired.