[2] At the end of the 1986 provincial season he formed the Western Province back row with Gert Smal and Deon Lotter, that played a major role in Western Province's Currie Cup victory.
[4] He also made a record 156 appearances for Western Province during the team's golden period before he moved to Australia.
He was selected for Australia a total of 11 times, scoring a hat trick against Ireland on his debut.
He did make a capable replacement for Toutai Kefu in the 1999 World Cup Quarter Final in Cardiff when the former was banned but it turned out to be his last cap.
Strauss returned home to South Africa and settled with his family.