Player profile: Anton van den Berg

This week, at UCT, the player profile spotlight falls on a Tornadoes man who loves Vanilla Ice, Jack Parrow, MC Hammer and maybe even a little bit of Snow – he’s just saying!

First name(s): Anton
Last name: Van den Berg
Place and date of Birth: Cape Town – 27/03/1984
Height: 1,78m
Weight: 72kgs
Preferred position: No.9
Primary School: Rondebosch Boys’ Prep
High School: Rondebosch Boy’s High
Tertiary education: UCT
Favourite movie: Hard to say… I will go with The Castle though.
Favourite music: Vanilla Ice, Jack Parow, MC Hammer… Maybe even a little bit of Snow every now and again… I’m just saying…
Favourite food: Anything – plus potatoes.
Favourite player: Bovril De Bruin – lock for the Valke.
What do you do before a rugby game: Stretch my hamstrings.
Favourite playing moment: 2009 UCT Internal Leauge season – 100% winning record, culminating in a 50-0 win over Ikhaya in the final.

By Clement le Roux