Ruben Jacobus Kruger (30 March 1970 – 27 January 2010)[1] was a South African rugby union player.
[3] A product of Grey College in Bloemfontein, Kruger played for the Free State schools team at the annual Craven Week tournament in 1987 and 1988 and gained selection for the South African Schools team in both years.
In 1995 Ruben Kruger was named South African Rugby Football Union's player of the year.
He played his first test match for the Springboks on 6 November 1993 against Argentina at the Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium in Buenos Aires.
During this tournament, he made 5 starts, and scored 1 try, in the controversial semi-final against the France national rugby union team.