Six foot seven he stood on the ground and weighed two hundred and seventy five pounds.

Johnny Cash's "A Thing called love," could well have personified Springbok lock Philip Schutte.

Pienkes, as his friens affectionally calked him, is a gentle giant with a loving heart and "a kind of a min that would look you in the eye."

He played in only two Test matches (and were on the winning side both times) and clocked more than 50 matches for both Northern Transvaal and Transvaal.

He also toured France and Brittian in 1992 and played in six tour matches.

He is also a Springbok human being.