WFR Club: Barcelona
Bulls
WFR Honours : Sth
Africa WFR
WFR World Cup Winner
WFR99 Player of the Year
-Real Life Stats-
DATE OF BIRTH: 01.12.65
at Estcourt SAF POSITION: First Five
WEIGHT: 90kgs
HEIGHT: 1.90 m
Test Match Career: 1
tries 37 con 25 pens 154pts
CAPS: 35
COUNTRY: South Africa
Test debut: 21 August
1993 vs Australia in Sydney
Overseas tours:
SA
Sevens to Hong Kong (1994); Springboks to Australia (1993);
Argentina (1993); England
& Italy (1995); Australia and New Zealand (1996);
Argentina, France and Wales
(1996); Australia and New Zealand (1997)
European tour (1997 SA to
UK and Ireland 1998
Rep. Honours: Free State; won Currie
Cup with Natal in 1992,1995 and 1996.
Henry is known as 'Lem' to his team
mates, which means 'blade' in Afrikaans. He is so
called because, with ball in hand,
he often cuts through the opposition defence like a
knife. Attack however
is only one aspect of Henry William Honiball's game which is
equalled by his devastating
defence and clever ball distribution. Henry made his Test debut way
back in 1993 but it was not
until last year that he established himself as the first choice flyhalf
in South Africa. This was due greatly to his stunning form in last year's
Winfield Super 12 with Natal, that he continued at Test level. He
has taken part in six Springbok tours, including the end of
season trip to Argentina, France and Wales last year where he played
in all five Tests. Henry has appeared in all
eight of the Springbok's Tests
this year. He was in the starting line-up for the Test against Tonga,
the first two Tests against
the Lions and the Winfield Tri-Nations' matches against New Zealand
at Eden Park and Australia i! n
Pretoria. He came on as a replacement in the other three Tests
igniting the backline with some
sparkling handling. Henry began his rugby with
Free State before moving to Natal
in 1992 and he was also a Sevens Springbok in 1994.
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