Pieter Louw

Pieter Louw
Full name Pieter Johannes Louw
Date of birth (1985-01-24) 24 January 1985
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
School Paarl Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Flanker
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2005–11 Western Province 64 (85)
correct as of 11 February 2011.
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2009–11 Stormers 17 (15)
correct as of 11 February 2011.

Pieter Louw (born 24 January 1985) is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position was flank.

Louw played junior rugby at Boland, later moving to Western Province to play Currie Cup for Cape Town side, he played Super Rugby for Stormers. He also featured in WP game against British and Irish Lions in 2009. He spend most time at top level as a cover player for Schalk Burger and later to Francois Louw.

Pieter Louw finished his playing career in 2011 at the age of 26 after three seasons of Super Rugby pursuing a business career. He was invited back to Stormers in 2012 while they had many injures in the back-row, but he turned down the offer, so they loaned Canadian player Jebb Sinclair.

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