CJ van der Linde

Who is CJ van der Linde?

Christoffel Johannes "C.J." van der Linde is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is prop. He played for Leinster Rugby in the international Magners League from 2008–10, and currently plays for the Stormers.

He made his debut for the Springboks as a 20 year-old on 16 November 2002 in match against Scotland at Murrayfield, which South Africa lost 21–6. He earned another cap for South Africa that year, playing England at Twickenham. He next played for the Springboks in 2004, against Ireland in a two test series in South Africa. He would play against the Pacific Islands team in Gosford. He was subsequently named in the Springboks' 2004 Tri Nations Series squad, and played in three matches during the series. He earned another five caps for South Africa during the end-of-year Northern Hemisphere tests.

He played 17 times for the Springboks in 2005 including mid-year matches against France and in the 2005 Tri Nations Series. After playing for the Springboks in the 2006 mid-year rugby tests he was named in the 2006 Tri Nations Series squad. On 26 November 2006, he scored his first try in international play against England at Twickenham. The play started near England's five-meter line as Van der Linde received a skip pass from South African fly-half André Pretorius and broke an attempted tackle from Josh Lewsey.