Ockert Wessel "Ockie" Oosthuizen (1 April 1955 – 3 December 2019[1]) was a South African rugby player.
[3] He made his international debut against Ireland in 1981 and was part of the ill-fated 1981 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand.
Along with former Transvaal centre Dries Maritz, he tried to negotiate better financial advantages for their fellow players, which inevitably led to numerous clashes with the powers that be.
He then briefly served as chairman of the now-defunct Randburg RFC, before getting fed up with the politics of the game.
In the early 1990s, he got involved in efforts to restart rugby league in South Africa.