Albertus Johannes van der Merwe (14 July 1929 – 23 November 1971) was a South African
rugby union player.
Playing career
Van der Merwe was born in
Rawsonville
Rawsonville is a small wine growing and farming community in the Breede River Valley of the Western Cape province of South Africa. The town forms part of the Breede Valley Local Municipality, and is located in a scenic portion of the valley on ...
and received his schooling at
Worcester Gymnasium. He studied at the
University of Cape Town and played provincial rugby for .
Van der Merwe made his
test match debut for the
Springboks against the British Lions in 1955. He then toured with the
Springboks to
Australia and New Zealand in 1956 and played in all six test matches during the tour. He also played in tests against in 1958, in 1960 and his last test was against the
All Blacks in 1960. Van der Merwe also played in fourteen tour matches and scored one try.
Test history
See also
*
List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 323
References
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1929 births
1971 deaths
South African rugby union players
South Africa international rugby union players
Boland Cavaliers players
People from Breede Valley Local Municipality
Rugby union players from the Western Cape
Rugby union hookers