| Intro | South African rugby union footballer |
| Was |
Athlete Rugby union player |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
5 July 1959 |
| Death |
24 May 2018 |
| Star sign | Cancer |
Lodewyk Joseph Jurgens ‘Lood’ Muller (5 July 1959 – 24 May 2018) was a South African former rugby union footballer. He played tighthead prop, and was known as an exceptionally strong scrummager.
Playing career
Muller played his provincial rugby for Natal and was almost thirty years old when he made his debut for Natal in 1989. In 1990 he suffered a neck injury and missed out on Natal’s first Currie Cup title in 1990, but he was a member of the Natal team that won the Currie Cup in 1992. He formed a formidable frontrow combination with Guy Kebble and either Tom Lawton or John Allan at hooker. Had an outstanding match against the touring All Blacks in 1992 for Natal, where he had Richard Loe in all sorts of trouble.
Muller made his test debut for the Springboks in 1992 against New Zealand at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.
Test history
| No. | Opponents | Results (RSA 1st) |
Position | Points | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | New Zealand | 24–27 | Tighthead prop | 15 Augustus 1992 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | |
| 2. | Australia | 3–26 | Tighthead prop | 22 August 1992 | Newlands, Cape Town |