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- ️Thu Mar 04 1976
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Full name | Daniel Cornelius Francois Human | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 4 March 1976 (age 48) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bloemfontein, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 114 kg (17 st 13 lb; 251 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | HTS Louis Botha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Cornelius Francois Human (born 3 April 1976) is the current Forwards Coach of the South Africa national rugby union team. He is a former rugby union player who last played for Toulouse in the Top 14 competition. He played as a prop. He has four caps for the Springboks as a player.
Whilst at Toulouse he won the Heineken Cup twice in 2005 and 2010, both times featuring as a replacement.[1][2]
Following the end of his playing career, Human moved into coaching, with stints at the Cheetahs and Bulls.
In 2020, Human was named forwards coach for the Springboks[3], and was part of the coaching team for their successful defence of their World Cup title in 2023.
- ^ "Stade Francais 12-18 Toulouse". BBC News. 22 May 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Biarritz 19-21 Toulouse". BBC News. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Human named as new Bok scrum coach". SA Rugby Mag. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- Toulouse profile
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