Izak Stephanus de Villiers 'Balie' Swart (born 18 May 1964), is a former South African rugby union player. He played as a prop, with the ability to prop on either side of the hooker.^[1]

Playing career

Swart is a product of Paarl Gimnasium and represented and captained the Western Province Schools team at the 1983 Craven Week tournament. He also was selected for the South African Schools team in 1983, once again the captain. After school he played for the University of Stellenbosch before making his provincial debut for Western Province in 1987.^[2]

During 1992, he joined Transvaal, now the Golden Lions and until 1999, playing over a hundred games for the union. He was part of the 1993 side that won the Super 10, Lion Cup and Currie Cup in one season.

He had 16 caps for South Africa, from 1993 to 1996, never scoring. He was a member of the winning team at the 1995 World Cup finals, where he played in four games, including as tighthead prop in the 15–12 final win against the All Blacks. He also played in the first edition of the Tri Nations competition, in 1996. Swart also played in fifteen tour matches for the Springboks.^[3][4]

Test history

  World Cup Final

No.	Opposition	Result (SA 1st)	Position	Tries	Date	Venue
1.	Australia	19–12	Tighthead prop		31 July 1993	Sydney Football Stadium (SFG), Sydney
2.	Australia	20–28	Loosehead prop		14 August 1993	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
3.	Australia	12–19	Loosehead prop		21 August 1993	Sydney Football Stadium (SFG), Sydney
4.	Argentina	29–26	Tighthead prop		6 November 1993	Ferrocarril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires
5.	England	15–32	Loosehead prop		4 June 1994	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
6.	England	27–9	Loosehead prop		11 June 1994	Newlands, Cape Town
7.	New Zealand	14–22	Loosehead prop		9 July 1994	Carisbrook, Dunedin
8.	New Zealand	18–18	Loosehead prop		6 August 1994	Eden Park, Auckland
9.	Argentina	46–26	Replacement		15 October 1994	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
10.	Samoa	60–8	Tighthead prop		13 April 1995	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
11.	Australia	27–18	Tighthead prop		25 May 1995	Newlands, Cape Town
12.	Samoa	42–14	Tighthead prop		10 June 1995	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
13.	France	19–15	Tighthead prop		17 June 1995	Kings Park, Durban
14.	New Zealand	15–12	Tighthead prop		24 June 1995	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
15.	Wales	40–11	Loosehead prop		2 September 1995	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
16.	Australia	25–19	Tighthead prop		3 August 1996	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Coaching career

After ending his player career, in 1999, he became a coach and started with the Golden Lions. In 2000 he moved to New Zealand, coaching at Nelson Bays and at the Highlanders.^[5] On his return to South Africa he was assistant coach at the Sharks and Springbok scrum coach during the 2007 Rugby World Cup. In 2011 he started working for SA Rugby, assisting coaches and referees with scrum laws and later became involved with SANZAR, working with the referees.^[6]