Wim_Visser

Wim Visser

Wim Visser

Rugby player

Wilhelmus Visser (born 27 March 1970) is a South African rugby union player who represented Italy.[1]

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Visser, Durban-born and Maritzburg College educated, played rugby union in Italy and qualified for their national team through residency.[2] Much of his Italian domestic rugby was with the highly successful Benetton Treviso side.[3]

Usually a lock, Visser was capped in 22 Tests for Italy, including four appearance against his country of birth. He was Italy's number eight when they upset reigning champions Scotland on their Six Nations tournament debut in 2000.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Senyatsi, Endy (10 July 2015). "Rugby legends motivate up and coming players". The Citizen.
  2. [2]
    Fumero, Duccio (3 August 2022). "Rugby, quando l'equiparato non è una soluzione. Tante naturalizzazioni per l'Italia: quali davvero utili? Da Visser a Ioane, 22 anni di stranieri in azzurro". OA Sport (in Italian).
  3. [3]
    "Conegliano adesso sogna con Moscardi". La Tribuna di Treviso (in Italian). 6 August 2003.
  4. [4]
    "Champs cop a hiding in one-time whipping boys' cracking debut". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 February 2000.
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