Corniel van Zyl
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Casparus Cornelius van Zyl | ||
| Born | 27 January 1979 Nelspruit, South Africa |
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| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Lock | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2003–2004 | Pumas | 25 | (10) |
| 2003–2004 | → Rotherham Titans | 4 | (5) |
| 2005–2007 | Free State Cheetahs | 48 | (25) |
| 2005 | Cats | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2015 | Cheetahs | 24 | (0) |
| 2007–2015 | Treviso | 160 | (35) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Italy | 8 | (0) |
| Teams coached | |||
| 2015– | Free State Cheetahs (forwards coach) |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 8 May 2015. |
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Casparus Cornelius "Corniel" van Zyl (born 27 January 1979) is a South African-born Italian former rugby union footballer who played at lock. Van Zyl was part of the Italian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.[1]
He played for Italian side Treviso for eight seasons from 2007 to 2015 before retiring as a player to become the forwards coach at the Free State Cheetahs.[2]
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