Wahl Justice Bartmann (born 13 June 1963) is a South African former rugby union player. After his rugby career, he became a businessman, initially working at a security firm his father founded. Bartmann is CEO of Fidelity ADT, South Africa's largest private security company.
Playing career Bartmann matriculated in 1981 and represented the South African Schools team in the same year. In 1982 Bartmann enrolled at the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) (as of 2005, commonly known as the University of Johannesburg) in Johannesburg and made his debut for Transvaal as a nineteen year old. His two brothers, Leon and Francois, also represented Transvaal at provincial level. Bartmann also played for Natal and captained the team 45 times and was part of the team that won the Currie Cup in 1990 and 1992.
Bartmann made his test debut for the Springboks against the visiting New Zealand Cavaliers on 10 May 1986 at Newlands in Cape Town. In so doing, Bartmann became the first alumnus of RAU to receive Springbok colours for rugby. He toured with the Springboks to Argentina in 1993 and to New Zealand in 1994, but did not play in any test matches on these tours. He played eight tests without scoring any tries for the Springboks and also played in seven tour matches, scoring one try.
Test history No. Opponents Results (RSA 1st) Position Tries Dates Venue 1. New Zealand Cavaliers 21–15 Flanker 10 May 1986 Newlands, Cape Town 2. New Zealand Cavaliers 18–19 Flanker 17 May 1986 Kings Park, Durban 3. New Zealand Cavaliers 33–18 Flanker 24 May 1986 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria 4. New Zealand Cavaliers 24–10 Flanker 31 May 1986 Ellis Park, Johannesburg 5. 24–27 Flanker 15 August 1992 Ellis Park, Johannesburg 6. 3–26 Flanker 22 August 1992 Newlands, Cape Town 7. 20–15 Flanker 17 October 1992 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 8. France 16–29 Flanker 24 October 1992 Parc des Princes, Paris
Accolades Bartmann was voted South Africa rugby player of the Year for two consecutive years, 1990 and 1991.
Recent career
After his rugby career, Bartmann went on to join the security company his father founded, Springbok Patrols, as CEO. Bartmann grew the company into Southern Africa's largest integrated security solutions provider, and the company was renamed Fidelity Services Group.
In 2017, Bartmann decided that his company should acquire ADT Security South Africa from Tyco International, at a cost of R2 billion. The deal formed Fidelity ADT, which is South Africa's largest private security company.
See also List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 545
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