Cornelius Wilhelmus "Corra" Dirksen (22 January 1938 – 10 July 2020) was a South African rugby player. He won 10 caps and scored three tries.
Biography 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, and moved to Krugersdorp.
He died from COVID-19 complications during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa on 10 July 2020.
Test history No. Opponents Results(SA 1st) Position Tries Dates Venue 1. 22–6 Wing 7 Sep 1963 Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth 2. 24–3 Wing 23 May 1964 Kings Park, Durban 3. 6–9 Wing 10 Apr 1965 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 4. 5–8 Wing 17 Apr 1965 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 5. 26–3 Wing 2 15 Jul 1967 Kings Park, Durban 6. 16–3 Wing 1 22 Jul 1967 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein 7. 14–19 Wing 29 Jul 1967 Ellis Park, Johannesburg 8. 6–6 Wing 12 Aug 1967 Newlands, Cape Town 9. 25–20 Wing 8 Jun 1968 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria 10. 6–6 Wing 22 Jun 1968 Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
See also List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 393
References
External links Corra Dirksen at the Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame