Johannes Petrus Roux (born 25 February 1969) is a South African rugby union player, who played for the South Africa national rugby union team.

Career

Provincial

Roux first played provincial rugby in 1991 for and in 1993 moved to (later to be named the Golden Lions). He played 111 matches for Transvaal or the Golden Lions and was a member of the teams that won the Currie Cup in 1993 and 1994. In 1993, he was selected for the South African Barbarians, to tour the United Kingdom.

International

Roux made his test debut for the Springboks against on 11 June 1994 at Newlands in Cape Town. He was member of the 1995 World Cup squad, playing in three matches during the tournament. Roux also played in five tour matches, scoring two tries for the Springboks.

Test history

Accolades

In 1993, Roux was nominated one of the five most Promising Players of the Year (under-23), along with FP Naude, Ryno Opperman, Krynauw Otto and Christiaan Scholtz.