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What does Schalk Burger do now?
The former Springbok icon and World Cup-winner is 38 and savouring his new life as an ex-player, having left Saracens and returned home two years ago. Burger is busy, providing punditry for SuperSport and expanding his online chat show ‘Use It Or Lose IT’ with former team-mate Jean de Villiers.
Is Schalk Burger retired?
Unless he’s going to shock us all (and he’s defied both science and logic before) Schalk Burger is safely in retirement now after his massively distinguished rugby career.
Is Schalk Burger a doctor?
Burger is a specialist neurosurgeon performing cranial, spinal, peripheral nerve, and pain procedures. He obtained his Fellowship of the Colleges of Neurosurgeons of South Africa in 2005. Shortly after qualifying, he went into private practice at Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital.
What did Schalk Willem Burger do in the Boer War?
He served in a number of military conflicts such as the Sekhukhune Wars of 1876, and later during the First Boer War of 1881, he served as acting field cornet . He was elected as commandant of the Lydenburg Commando in 1885.
What kind of rugby does Schalk Burger play?
Schalk Burger. Schalk Willem Petrus Burger Jr. (born 13 April 1983) is a South African rugby union player. He plays as a flanker for Saracens in the English Premiership and has won 86 caps for South Africa.
Where did Schalk Burger go to high school?
Burger attended high school at Paarl Gimnasium, along with future teammate and Springbok captain Jean de Villiers, and enjoyed success in many sports. Burger attended Stellenbosch University and stayed in Eendrag Men’s Residence before leaving in order to pursue a full-time rugby career.
When did Schalk Burger become president of the Netherlands?
Burger remained president until the Treaty of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902. Following the end of the war, Burger visited Europe, including The Hague. In Rotterdam, in the Afrikaanderwijk, the Schalk Burgerstraat was named after him. He died in 1918 at Goedgedacht, near Krugerspos.