Springbok no. 684 · Lock

Albert van den Berg

Philippus Albertus van den Berg · Griquas, Sharks

51Tests

4Tries

7Tours

25Age at debut

Test career

199920032007

First test

12 Jun 1999, age 25 · Reserve v Italy, Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth

Last test

24 Nov 2007, age 33 · Reserve v Wales, Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff

Biography

Albert van den Berg was a tall, rangy lock who played 51 Tests between 1999 and 2007, many of them as an impact replacement. Born in Hopetown on 26 January 1974, he played for Griqualand West and the Sharks. He scored two tries against Uruguay at the 1999 World Cup and was a member of the 2007 World Cup-winning squad.

Test history

51 tests · 20 points

Date	Opponent	Venue	Position	Result	Province
12 Jun 1999	Italy	Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth	Reserve	W 74–3	Griquas
19 Jun 1999	Italy	Kings Park, Durban	Lock	W 101–0	Griquas
07 Aug 1999	New Zealand	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Lock	L 18–34	Griquas
14 Aug 1999	Australia	Newlands, Cape Town	Lock	W 10–9	Griquas
03 Oct 1999	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Lock	W 46–29	Griquas
15 Oct 1999	Uruguay	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Reserve	W 39–3	Griquas
24 Oct 1999	England	Stade de France, Paris	Reserve	W 44–21	Griquas
30 Oct 1999	Australia	Twickenham, London	Reserve	L 21–27	Griquas
04 Nov 1999	New Zealand	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Reserve	W 22–18	Griquas
17 Jun 2000	England	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Reserve	W 18–13	Sharks
08 Jul 2000	Australia	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne	Lock	L 23–44	Sharks
22 Jul 2000	New Zealand	Lancaster Park (Jade stadium), Christchurch	Lock	L 12–25	Sharks
29 Jul 2000	Australia	Stadium Australia, Sydney	Lock	L 6–26	Sharks
19 Aug 2000	New Zealand	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Reserve	W 46–40	Sharks
26 Aug 2000	Australia	Kings Park, Durban	Reserve	L 18–19	Sharks
12 Nov 2000	Argentina	River Plate, Buenos Aires	Lock	W 37–33	Sharks
19 Nov 2000	Ireland	Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin	Lock	W 28–18	Sharks
26 Nov 2000	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Lock	W 23–13	Sharks
02 Dec 2000	England	Twickenham, London	Lock	L 17–25	Sharks
16 Jun 2001	France	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Reserve	L 23–32	Sharks
23 Jun 2001	France	Kings Park, Durban	Lock	W 20–15	Sharks
18 Aug 2001	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Reserve	D 14–14	Sharks
25 Aug 2001	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	Reserve	L 15–26	Sharks
01 Dec 2001	USA	Robertson Stadium, UH, Houston	Lock	W 43–20	Sharks
24 Jul 2004	New Zealand	Lancaster Park (Jade stadium), Christchurch	Lock	L 21–23	Sharks
11 Jun 2005	Uruguay	Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London	Lock	W 134–3	Sharks
18 Jun 2005	France	Kings Park, Durban	Lock	D 30–30	Sharks
25 Jun 2005	France	Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth	Lock	W 27–13	Sharks
09 Jul 2005	Australia	Stadium Australia, Sydney	Reserve	L 12–30	Sharks
23 Jul 2005	Australia	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Reserve	W 33–20	Sharks
30 Jul 2005	Australia	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Reserve	W 22–16	Sharks
20 Aug 2005	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Reserve	W 22–19	Sharks
05 Nov 2005	Argentina	Vélez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires	Reserve	W 34–23	Sharks
26 Nov 2005	France	Stade de France, Paris	Reserve	L 20–26	Sharks
17 Jun 2006	Scotland	Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth	Reserve	W 29–15	Sharks
15 Jul 2006	Australia	Brisbane Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane	Reserve	L 0–49	Sharks
22 Jul 2006	New Zealand	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	Lock	L 17–35	Sharks
05 Aug 2006	Australia	Stadium Australia, Sydney	Reserve	L 18–20	Sharks
26 Aug 2006	New Zealand	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Reserve	L 26–45	Sharks
09 Sep 2006	Australia	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Reserve	W 24–16	Sharks
11 Nov 2006	Ireland	Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin	Lock	L 15–32	Sharks
18 Nov 2006	England	Twickenham, London	Reserve	L 21–23	Sharks
25 Nov 2006	England	Twickenham, London	Reserve	W 25–14	Sharks
09 Jun 2007	Samoa	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Lock	W 35–8	Sharks
07 Jul 2007	Australia	Stadium Australia, Sydney	Reserve	L 17–25	Sharks
14 Jul 2007	New Zealand	Lancaster Park (Jade stadium), Christchurch	Lock	L 6–33	Sharks
15 Aug 2007	Namibia	Newlands, Cape Town	Reserve	W 105–13	Sharks
25 Aug 2007	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Reserve	W 27–3	Sharks
22 Sep 2007	Tonga	Stade Felix Bollaert, Lens	Lock	W 30–25	Sharks
30 Sep 2007	USA	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier	Lock	W 64–15	Sharks
24 Nov 2007	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Reserve	W 34–12	Sharks