Heyneke Meyer

Heyneke Meyer
Date of birth	6 October 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth	Nelspruit, Transvaal Province, South Africa
School	Bergvlam High School
University	University of Pretoria
Spouse	Linda Meyer
Children	Luco Meyer, Heyneke Meyer, Vic Meyer, De Wet Meyer
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Head Coach
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
1986–1987	Tukkies
Coaching career
Years	Team
1997	SWD Eagles (Asst. Coach)
1998–2000	SWD Eagles (Head Coach)
1999	Stormers (Forwards Coach)
1999	Emerging Springboks
1999–2001	South Africa (Forwards Coach)
2000	Bulls
2000–2001	Blue Bulls (Asst. Coach - Currie Cup)
2001	Blue Bulls (Head Coach - Vodacom Cup)
2002	Bulls
2002–2007	Blue Bulls (Head Coach - Currie Cup)
2003–2004	Blue Bulls (Head Coach - Vodacom Cup)
2005–2007	Bulls
2008–2009	Leicester Tigers
2012–2015	South Africa (Head Coach)
2017	Asia Pacific Dragons
2018–2019	Stade Français

Heyneke Meyer (born 6 October 1967) is a professional rugby union coach, best known for coaching the Springboks from 2012^[1] until 2015.^[2] Prior to coaching the Springboks, he spent many years at the domestic level in South Africa before coaching Leicester Tigers in England. Following his stint with the Boks, he also coached Stade Français. On 8 July 2021 he was announced as the new Director of Rugby for the Houston Sabercats of MLR.

^ "South Africa name Heyneke Meyer as new coach". BBC Sport. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^ Cite error: The named reference Meyer resigns as Boks coach was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] "South Africa name Heyneke Meyer as new coach". BBC Sport. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

[Meyer_resigns_as_Boks_coach-2] Cite error: The named reference Meyer resigns as Boks coach was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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