Andries Strauss born 5 March 1984 in Pretoria

Pretoria

Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 is a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player for the Sharks in the Super 14

Super 14

Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere...

 competition. He plays as a centre.

In August 2010, Strauss signed a deal wth the Cheetahs for the 2011 Super 15 season, due to the departure of Cheetahs centre Meyer Bosman who will be joining the Sharks next season. In 2011, Strauss will be playing with his brother, Richart Strauss and cousin, Adriaan Strauss for the Bloemfontein side.

In November 2010, after an injury to stand in fullback and centre Zane Kirchner

Zane Kirchner

Zane Kirchner is a South African international rugby union footballer who plays at fullback for the Bulls in the Super 14 and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup. Born in George, Western Cape, Kirchner attended PW Botha College in his home town, for whom he played at fly-half; he was first selected...

, Andries received a call up to play for the Springboks to face a star studded Barbarians side at Twickenham.