Background
Gus Theron was born in Robertson in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, about 160 km (99 mi) northeast of Cape Town.
Gus Theron was born in Robertson in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, about 160 km (99 mi) northeast of Cape Town.
He attended Robertson Primary School and Robertson Secondary School. After school he attended the University of Stellenbosch.
Theron played mainly on the wing and at centre. In 1998, 2000 and 2006 he played for Maties, the university"s team that competed in the annual club championships. 1998 to 2000
Gus Theron started playing for Western Province in the first season of the Vodacom Cup in 1998.
In 1999 and 2000 he again played Vodacom Cup rugby for Western Province, but was also selected for the Stormers squad for the Super 12 competition.
He did not enjoy a lot of game time, with Springboks Breyton Paulse and Pieter Rossouw being the first choice wings for Western Province at the time. 2001
At the start of the 2001 season, Stormers coach, Gert Smal released him to the Sharks in an attempt to gain more game time.
He started in three Super 12 games for the Sharks and played in a further four, coming off the replacements bench. 2002 to 2003
In 2002 and 2003, Theron was again part of the Western Province Vodacom Cup squad.
In 2003 Springbok coach Rudolph Straeuli selected Theron in the 28-man Springbok squad for the away leg of the 2003 Tri Nations Series.
This was a controversial selection as Theron did not have a particularly good Super 12 campaign. He was due to make his Springbok debut against Australia on 2 August 2003 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Unfortunately he had to withdraw from the game due to a hamstring injury and was never again selected for the Springboks.
2004 to 2006
He also featured in a number of Super Rugby games for the Stormers.
In total, Theron played 130 games for the Stormers and Western Province.