# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/schalk-brits
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:05:37.219Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/schalk-brits"
name: "Schalk Brits"
slug: "schalk-brits"
description: "Schalk Burger Brits is a South African former professional rugby union player who last played for the South Africa national team and the Bulls in Super Rugby. He primarily played as a hooker. He was part of the 2019 Rugby World Cup-winning team, and is the oldest player to win a Rugby World Cup, aged 38 years, 170 days."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/USO_-_Saracens_-_20151213_-_Schalk_Brits_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1981-05-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.2
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.125670666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/schalkbrits/"
    handle:    "schalkbrits"
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%81"
    title: "Схалк Бритс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalk_Brits"
    title: "Schalk Brits"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalk_Brits"
    title: "Schalk Brits"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalk_Brits"
    title: "Schalk Brits"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalk_Brits"
    title: "Schalk Brits"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalk_Brits"
    title: "Schalk Brits"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%84"
    title: "スカルク・ブリッツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalk_Brits"
    title: "Schalk Brits"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA"
    title: "Бритс, Схалк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3475287"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump