Barend Pieterse (born 23 January 1979) is a South African former rugby union footballer[1] and currently the lineout coach of the Eastern Province Kings and Southern Kings.
Between 2004 and 2010, he also frequently represented the Cats and Cheetahs franchises in the Super Rugby competition.
This culminated in a call-up to the South Africa national rugby union team, becoming Springbok No 793.
However, he never played a test match for the Springboks, his only appearance was in the 5–22 defeat against the Barbarians in London on 1 December 2007, when he scored the only try of the game for the visitors.
[3] He joined the Eastern Province Kings for the 2011 season, making 16 appearances.