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Player Profile: Hougaard, Derick

Your Player Profile of Derick Hougaard.

Derick Hougaard

24 May 2007 Player Profiles | 2 Comments »

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  1. Comment by zandberg
    June 19th, 2007 at 10:27 am

    Position Flyhalf
    Height 1.76m
    Weight 85kg
    Date of Birth 4/1/1983
    Place of Birth Citrusdale
    Provincial Debut 2002 (BB vs Leopards)
    Provincial Caps 55
    Provincial Points 661
    Super 12 Debut 2003 (Bulls vs Brumbies)
    Super 12 Caps 28
    Super 12 Points 238
    Test Debut 2003 (SA vs Uruguay)
    Test Caps 5
    Test Points 48

    Hougaard, the Bulls’ leading points scorer in Super-rugby, remains one of the most talented flyhalves around. He set a Currie Cup record for most points in a final at the tender age of 19, when he scored 26 of the Blue Bulls’ 31 points in their victory over the Lions in 2002. A year later he was at the World Cup in Australia. He has a superb kicking boot, but can also attack with the ball in hand.

  2. Comment by danieg
    June 19th, 2007 at 10:28 am

    Derick Hougaard (born 4 January 1983 in Citrusdal) is a South African rugby union player. His position of choice is flyhalf. Hougaard plays for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup competition in South Africa and the Bulls in the international Super 14 competition.

    At the age of only 19, Hougaard made local history by scoring the most points by a player in a Currie Cup final, 26, by means of 1 try, 2 drop goals and 5 penalties in the 2002 final against the Lions, breaking Naas Botha’s 15 year record of 24 points. This feat at the start of his career and his excellent goal kicking success ratio during the following years earned him the accolade “Liefling van Loftus”, an Afrikaans phrase meaning the “sweetheart of Loftus Versfeld Stadium” in Pretoria. Each time Hougaard scores points for the Bulls at Loftus, the chorus of a Ge Korsten song named “Liefling” is played in the stadium.

    At the age of only 20, Hougaard made his test debut for the Springboks during the 2003 World Cup as a reserve during the 72 to 6 win over Uruguay at Subiaco Oval in Perth, he also scored his first international points, successful in a conversion. After resuming his role as a reserve in the next match against England, Hougaard was promoted to flyhalf for the remaining three games that South Africa played at the World Cup. At the close of the World Cup, Hougaard, with five caps to his name had produced 48 points, including two tries.

    The 2007 Super 14 semi-final saw Hougaard scoring all of his side’s 27 points, by means of 8 penalties and a drop goal, against the Canterbury Crusaders at Loftus Versveld in Pretoria. This equalled Adrian Cashmore of the Auckland Blues’s 1998 record for most points by an individual in a Super Rugby semi-final. This victory was historic since it set up the first ever Super Rugby final between two South African teams. The 2007 Super 14 season was also a personal best in Hougaard’s Super Rugby career, having scored 161 points in 14 matches.