André Venter
André Gerhardus Venter is a former South African rugby union footballer who earned 66 caps playing for the South Africa national [rugby union team|South Africa national team] during the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2000s. He represented South Africa during the 1999 [Rugby World Cup] where they finished third.
A few years after his retirement he was diagnosed with a degenerative syndrome of the central nervous system, later revealed to be transverse myelitis, which causes damage to the spine, and forced him into a wheelchair. Later, his former Springbok teammate, Joost [van der Westhuizen] developed a degenerative nervous disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
International statistics
Test Match Record
Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Pts = Points ScoredTest tries (9)
| Tries | Opposition | Location | Venue | Competition | Date | Result |
| 1 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium | 1996 South Africa [rugby union tour of Argentina and Europe|Test match] | 9 Nov 1996 | ||
| 1 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium | Test match | 16 Nov 1996 | ||
| 1 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Murrayfield | Test match | 6 Dec 1997 | ||
| 2 | Pretoria, South Africa | Loftus Versfeld | 1998 [Wales rugby union tour of Africa|Test match] | 27 Jun 1998 | ||
| 1 | London, England | Wembley | 1998 South Africa rugby union [tour of Britain and Ireland|Test match] | 14 Nov 1998 | ||
| 1 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Murrayfield | World Cup | 3 Oct 1999 | ||
| 1 | Dublin, Ireland | Lansdowne Road | Test match | 19 Nov 2000 | ||
| 1 | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | Boet Erasmus Stadium | Test match | 30 Jun 2001 |