Franco Mostert


Franco John Mostert is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for Honda Heat and the South Africa national team. His usual position is lock, but he has often played as a flanker. He was one of the members of the winning Springboks in the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan as well as the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.
He joined the for the 2013 season, but was seriously injured in a car crash shortly after joining, which ruled him out until at least the end of 2013. He fully recovered and was included in the squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season and made his debut in a 21–20 victory over the in Bloemfontein.
He also played for in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Varsity Cup competitions.
He joined prior to the 2018–19 English Premiership.
Mostert was named in South Africa's squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. South Africa went on to win the tournament, defeating England in the final.
It was confirmed he had left Gloucester in June 2020 in order to pursue a career in Japan. It was later confirmed that Mostert returned to Japan Top League competition to sign for Honda Heat for their next season.

Honours

South Africa

Test Match Record

AgainstPWDLTriPts%Won
870100
1031615
British & Irish Lions#expr:2/3*100 round 2ru|CAN#expr:1/1*100 round 2ru|ENG#expr:5/8*100 round 2ru|FRA#expr:6/7*100 round 2ru|GEO#expr:1/1*100 round 2ru|IRE#expr:3/7*100 round 2ru|ITA#expr:5/6*100 round 2ru|JPN#expr:3/3*100 round 2ru|NAM#expr:1/1*100 round 2ru|NZL#expr:5/14*100 round 2ru|SCO#expr:4/4*100 round 2ru|TON#expr:1/1*100 round 2ru|WAL#expr:8/10*100 round 2#expr:55/84*100 round 2

International Tries

TryOpposing teamLocationVenueCompetitionDateResultScore
1Padua, ItalyStadio Euganeo2017 end-of-year tests25 November 2017Win6–35
2Sydney, AustraliaSydney Football Stadium2022 Rugby Championship3 September 2022Win8–24
3Dublin, IrelandAviva Stadium2022 end-of-year tests5 November 2022Loss19–16
4Cardiff, WalesMillennium Stadium2024 end-of-year tests23 November 2024Win12–45