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<blockquote data-quote="captainamerica" data-source="post: 10766"><p>He played 8 man in the 1950's. One second . . . go . . . here . . .</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.genslin.us/bokke/SARugby.html" target="_blank">South African Rugby Hall of Fame</a></p><p></p><p>He played for the Springboks from '49 - '53, his province was Transvaal. He was a part of the South African team that dicked the All Blacks 4 games to 0 in 1949, and completed the first (ever) Grand Slam of all the home nations, plus France, in 1951/52 (which included the Murrayfield Massacre in Nov '51.)</p><p></p><p>The one compliment that sticks out the most when I remember reading about him is that he basically re-invented the 8-man position, making it something akin to what it is today.</p><p></p><p>Check out the Hall of Fame link above if you haven't been there before, pretty cool site.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="captainamerica, post: 10766"] He played 8 man in the 1950's. One second . . . go . . . here . . . [url="http://www.genslin.us/bokke/SARugby.html"]South African Rugby Hall of Fame[/url] He played for the Springboks from '49 - '53, his province was Transvaal. He was a part of the South African team that dicked the All Blacks 4 games to 0 in 1949, and completed the first (ever) Grand Slam of all the home nations, plus France, in 1951/52 (which included the Murrayfield Massacre in Nov '51.) The one compliment that sticks out the most when I remember reading about him is that he basically re-invented the 8-man position, making it something akin to what it is today. Check out the Hall of Fame link above if you haven't been there before, pretty cool site. [/QUOTE]
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