Boom Prinsloo

Boom Prinsloo
Full nameJohannes Gerhardus Pienaar Prinsloo
Born (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight101 kg (223 lb; 15 st 13 lb)
SchoolGrey College, Bloemfontein
UniversityUniversity of the Free State
Rugby union career
Position Flank / Number Eight
Youth career
2007–2010 Free State Cheetahs
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010 UFS Shimlas 8 (35)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–2016 Free State Cheetahs 37 (60)
2011 Emerging Cheetahs 1 (0)
2013 Free State XV 3 (25)
2012–2017 Cheetahs 51 (70)
2017–2018 Blue Bulls XV 12 (35)
2017 Blue Bulls 8 (5)
Correct as of 13 July 2018
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–2012 South Africa Sevens 7
Correct as of 13 April 2018
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  South Africa
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi Team competition

Johannes Gerhardus Pienaar "Boom" Prinsloo (born 12 March 1989) is a former South African rugby union player who regularly played as a loose forward. He made 51 appearances for the Cheetahs in Super Rugby from 2012 to 2017, and played domestically for the Free State Cheetahs from 2010 to 2016 and for the Blue Bulls in 2017 and 2018. He also played rugby sevens for South Africa from 2010 to 2012.

He retired from rugby in September 2018.