Wahl Bartmann

Born in Florida on 13 June 1963, Wahl Bartmann made his senior debut for a Transvaal XV against a Five Nations XV at Ellis Park, six months after leaving school. Transvaal won 33–22.

Between 1982 and 1989 he played 93 games for Transvaal at flank and scored 18 tries. He formed a loose-forward partnership with Jannie Breedt that lasted 52 matches, and played 17 games for Transvaal alongside his elder brother Leon. Transvaal won the Lion Cup in 1986 and 1987, and reached the Currie Cup final in both seasons.

In 1986 he played for a World XV against Transvaal at Ellis Park, then won his first Springbok cap against the New Zealand Cavaliers at Newlands on 10 May, aged 22. He played all four Tests of that series, three of them wins.

He later moved to Natal, where he played 79 games, scored 21 tries and won the Currie Cup. When South Africa returned to international rugby in 1992, he played against the All Blacks at Ellis Park, Australia at Newlands, and France in Lyon and Paris. He toured Argentina in 1993 and New Zealand in 1994.

Springbok no. 545, he won eight Test caps. He is now Group CEO of Fidelity Services Group.