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Morné du Plessis (born 21 October 1949 Transvaal (now Gauteng) is a former South African rugby union player often described as one of the Springboks' most successful captains. During the five years from 1975 to 1980 that he served as captain, the Springboks won 13 of 15 matches, giving Du Plessis an 86.66% success rate as captain.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/7772.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/springbok-rzugby-team-lead-morn%C3%A9-du-plessis-beats-british-lions-12-10-port-elizabeth-lead )〕 Du Plessis's father, Felix, was also the captain of a Springbok rugby team, and his mother, Pat, captained the South African women's hockey side. Felix and Morné are the only father-and-son duo so far to have both been Springbok rugby captains, and Morné is the only Springbok captain born to parents both of whom captained national sports sides. Morné du Plessis was appointed manager of the 1995 Springbok team which won the 1995 Rugby World Cup.〔〔 Du Plessis co-founded with Tim Noakes both the Sports Science Institute of South Africa〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ssisa.com/pages/about-us/history )〕 in Cape Town, and the Bioenergetics of Exercise Research Unit of the University of Cape Town and the Medical Research Council (renamed UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine in 2000).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.whoswho.co.za/morn-du-plessis-4579 )〕 == Early life and career == Du Plessis was born 21 October 1949 in Vereeniging,〔Several sources incorrectly identify Krugersdorp as Du Plessis' town of birth, including the (International Rugby Hall of Fame ) and (ESPN Scrum ). But in an (interview ) Du Plessis pointed to Vereeniging as his place of birth, and this is confirmed in his (profile ) on the Springboks' official site, and on the South African government's national orders (site ).〕 into a sporting family. His mother, Pat (née Smethurst) captained South Africa's women's national hockey side in 1954. A maternal uncle, Horace, was captain of the national soccer team that toured Australia and New Zealand in 1947.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaf-intres4755.html )〕 His father, Felix, was born on 24 November 1919 in Steynsburg, in the Free State. Playing at lock, Felix made his debut for South Africa on 16 July 1949 at Newlands Stadium, Cape Town against the touring All Blacks, lead by Fred Allen. His team – which included Springbok greats Tjol Lategan, Hannes Brewis, Okey Geffin, and Hennie Muller – swept the series 3 – 0. Six weeks after the last test, Morné was born.〔 Felix worked as a representative for South African Breweries, then relocated to Vereeniging to manage Iscor's sport and recreation department. He moved to Stilfontein, where he opened a liquor store, one of the first shops in town. Morné recalls his father as a gentle and retiring person, who only started watching his son play rugby once he was at Stellenbosch. Felix Du Plessis died at Stilfontein in 1978 at the age of 58, having played only the three tests against New Zealand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/5195.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sarugby.net/playerprofile.aspx?id=46679&category=&leagueid=0 )〕 Du Plessis matriculated from Grey College, Bloemfontein in 1966, where he had excelled at cricket more than at rugby. While he was not chosen for the Free State Craven Week side,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genslin.us/bokke/SARugby.html )〕 he was included in the 1966 South African Schools XI as a seam bowler.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://stats.cricketnirvana.com/Archive/Players/13/13350/all_teams.html )〕 He first played fly-half at school, but was moved to centre to make room for future Springbok Dawie Snyman.〔 Du Plessis completed his national service at the Naval Gymnasium in Saldanha Bay in 1967.〔 From 1968 to 1972 he studied Industrial Psychology at Stellenbosch University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.playersfund.org.za/Web/Content/Default.aspx?Content=56 )〕 Du Plessis lodged at the university's Wilgenhof men's residence. Built in 1903, Wilgenhof is not only the oldest university men's residence in South Africa, but also once housed the future Springbok and South African rugby administrator Danie Craven himself – both as a student, and as administrator. Craven was the resident principal of Wilgenhof during the period that Du Plessis lived there.〔Craven was the visiting resident principal of Wilgenhof from 1949, and the resident principal between 1967 and 1981. (Wilgenhof: Geskiedenis – "The Quest for Perfection" – Die Storie van die Plek )〕 At Stellenbosch Du Plessis was initially more interested in cricket than rugby; he had chosen to go there because of his desire to play in the university cricket team.〔 In 1971 his prowess at cricket earned him selection to the South African Universities cricket side,〔 and then to the Western Province team during that same year. Playing five first-class cricket matches as a right-arm medium pace bowler, he took 16 wickets at an average of 25.62 runs per wicket, and turned in a best performance of 4 wickets for 71 runs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/44816.html )〕 But when Barry Richards, opening batsman of the South African and of the Natal cricket sides, hit Du Plessis for two sixes in the final over before lunch during a Castle Cup match between Western Province and Natal, he decided that perhaps he should rather concentrate on rugby.〔 But being on a campus where rugby predominates sports, and living in a residence with a strong rugby tradition, Du Plessis inevitably turned his attention to the oval-ball game. He recalled, " 'when you go to Stellenbosch to play cricket, it is like going to India to play rugby' ". After his first year of rugby at Stellenbosch he was chosen at lock for Maties's first team, and was later selected for Province's U-20 team in the same position.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genslin.us/bokke/SARugby.html )〕 Despite Du Plessis' frame, coach Craven considered him too small to be a lock, and moved him to eighthman. Du Plessis was selected to the Western Province rugby team in 1971, and eventually appointed captain. His 103 matches as captain for Province is still a record today.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morné du Plessis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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