Piston van Wyk
Jacobus Frederick Beatrix 'Piston' van Wyk (born 21 December 1943) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career Van Wyk played most of his provincial rugby in South Africa with and also played one season with . He made his test debut for the Springboks in 1970 against New Zealand at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria and played in all four tests during the series against the touring All Blacks. In 1971 he played in the test series against France and Australia and in 1972, he was the hooker in the losing test against at Ellis Park. He then played three tests against the 1974 British Lions and two tests against the 1976 All Blacks. He also played four tour matches for the Springboks. Test history See also List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 445 References 1943 births Living people South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players Blue Bulls players Sharks (Currie Cup) players People from Vereeniging Rugby union players from Gauteng Rugby union hookers