Vriende en familie het onlangs byeengekom om die verjaardag te vier van \u2019n Suid-Afrikaanse rugby-bekende Herbert \u201cMannetjies\u201d Viljoen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Viljoen, \u2019n haker wat vir WP uitgedraf het, het sy 90ste verjaarsdag op Donderdag 17 November gevier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy is een van die oudste lewende oud-WP-rugbyspelers wat nog lewe, s\u00ea Arthur Reichhardt, woordvoerder van die NTK-rugbyklub wat saam met Viljoen sy spesiale dag by sy huis in Parow-Noord gevier het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie man lyk goed vir \u2019n man wat 90 jaar oud is,\u201d s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Viljoen het vir 17 jaar onophoudelik vir die NTK-rugbyklub gespeel of soos dit in sy tyd bekend was, die Noordelikes. Hy het as 17-jarige vir die klub begin speel toe die klub nog bekend gestaan het as die Parow-rugbyklub in 1949. Die klub het in 1951 met die Maitland-rugbyklub saamgesmelt om saam met di\u00e9 klub Noordelikes te vorm, s\u00ea Reichhardt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Viljoen het in 1953 vir die derde span as kaptein gespeel voor hy as kaptein van die eerste span uitgedraf het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Span van die Jaar-beker is met hul besoek aan Viljoen saamgeneem, waarop sy naam ook gegraveer is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHy het ook menigmaal saam die eerste span di\u00e9 beker gewen. Hy het van 1954 tot 1966 vir die eerste span gespeel, waarvan hy in 1966 die WP se Super A-liga gewen het, of soos dit nou bekendstaan, die Groot Uitdaag-beker, wat natuurlik die hoogtepunt was.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy mentor en afrigter was die legendariese Springbokkaptein Hennie Muller. Daar is ook vroe\u00ebr vanjaar hulde gebring aan Muller by di\u00e9 klub vir wat sy 100ste verjaardag sou wees. Hy is in 1977 oorlede. Muller was ook die NTK-rugbyklub se afrigter in 1960 en Viljoen het groot respek en agting vir hom gehad, s\u00ea Reichhardt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHy het die voorreg en eer gehad om saam met hom in 1954 te speel toe Hennie nog die kaptein was. Toe was hy (Viljoen) maar nog bloedjonk. Hy het onder Hennie se afrigting gefloreer en het vir die WP haker gespeel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Viljoen het in 1962 uit die WP getree. \u201cSy laaste wedstryd vir die WP was teen die Britse en Ierse Leeus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy het n\u00e1 sy rugbyloopbaan by die NTK-rugbyklub afgerig. \u201cMeestal maar die onder 20\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Viljoen was ook spanbestuurder by NTK, en afrigter by Villagers en WP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHy was ook \u2018n toer-bestuurder vir Australi\u00eb se 1995 W\u00eareldbeker-span,\u201d s\u00ea Reichhardt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy voeg by: \u201cHy het ook die voorreg gehad om op Twickenham te speel vir die span met die naam van Twickenham Exiles. Dit is soos \u2019n \u201cBarbarian<\/span>\u201d-span. In di\u00e9 wedstryd het hy skrumskakel gespeel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Viljoen het deur die jare oor die w\u00eareld heen getoer en sy eie seiljag gehad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDit gaan baie goed met hom. Hy loop maar moeilik, maar is dankbaar dat ons kon kom kuier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Viljoen was altesaam 40 jaar lank aan die NTK-rugbyklub verbonde, s\u00ea Reichhardt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vriende en familie het onlangs byeengekom om die verjaardag te vier van \u2019n Suid-Afrikaanse rugby-bekende Herbert \u201cMannetjies\u201d 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