CJ van der Linde

thumb|CJ van der Linde Christoffel Johannes van der Linde (born 27 August 1980) is a South African former professional rugby union player and currently the scrum coach at French Top 14 side Montpellie. He played first class rugby between 2002 and 2015 in South Africa, Ireland, England and France and also made 75 test matches for South Africa , which included winning the 2007 Rugby World Cup. His usual playing position was prop. Quotes It is great to be back in my own country and to work with quality people at the Pumas. I’m looking forward to the opportunity, I was very impressed with Brent’s way of coaching and managing the programme at the Kings. It’s exciting to be able to work with him again Exciting new Forwards Coach joins Steval Pumas for Currie Cup 2017, Rugby 15 (July 2017) It makes me sad to have to resign before having an opportunity to work with this group of players. While it was a very difficult decision to make, my family was the deciding factor.’ Van der Linde quits Griquas, SA Rugby Mag (January 2019) External Links Category:Rugby union players from South Africa Category:1980 births Category:Living people