Corra Dirksen

Corra Dirksen

Full name	Cornelius Wilhelmus Dirksen
Date of birth	22 January 1938
Place of birth	Vereeniging, South Africa
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	84 kg (190 lb)
School	Vereeniging High
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Wing
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
?	Northern Transvaal	?	?
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1963-1968	South Africa	10	(9)

Cornelius Wilhelmus "Corra" Dirken (born 22 January 1938 in Vereeniging, South Africa) is a former South African rugby player. He won 10 caps and scored three tries.

Rugby career

Dirksen made his international debut against Australia in 1963. The 1967 series against France was probably his finest hour, scoring all three of his test tries against them. The French were understandably quite wary of him throughout that series, dubbing him Le Monster (The Monster).

He played for the then Northern Transvaal (now Blue Bulls) and the Oostelikes (Easterns) club in Pretoria, which later merged with Adelaars to form Naka Bulls. After retiring from playing he qualified as a medical practitioner.

External links

• Corra Dirksen at the Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame