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Pieter de Villiers

Date of birth: 3/7/72

Position: Prop

Test caps: 64

Test Debut: 1999 v Wales as a starter in Cardiff. Wales 34 France 23

Test Points: 10

Current Club: Stade Français

Strengths: Also one of the mainstays of the French pack, De Villiers is a renowned scrummager.

Weaknesses: Age is catching up with him; he is not very fast. At all.

Likely headline(s): Pieter de hero

Did you know? De Villiers was given a ban in 2003 for bringing the game into disrepute after being tested positive for both cocaine and ecstasy, a ban which caused him to miss the Six Nations that year. His ban was shorter than it might have been, after the disciplinary panel accepted he had not knowingly ingested the drugs.