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Carel 'Tossie' Fourie (1 August 1950 – 5 May 1997) was a South African
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player.


Playing career

Fourie played provincial rugby for and and during 1972 toured with Gazelles, a South African under-24 team, to Argentina. Fourie scored 22 tries during the tour, the most by a Gazelles player and ten more than second most scored by
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. His 92 points scored, were the second most points for the South Africans, behind the 110 scored by Jackie Snyman. Fourie toured with the Springboks to France in 1974 and made his test debut against
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on 23 November 1974 in
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. He played in both test matches on the French tour and a further two tests during the return tour of the French to South Africa in 1975. He scored ten points in test matches and also played in five tour matches, scoring a further four points.


Test history


Accolades

Fourie was named one of the five SA Rugby players of the Year for 1972. The four other players named, were two members of the 1972 England team that toured South Africa, namely
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and
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, as well as the South African lock forward,
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and flanker Jan Ellis.


See also

* List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 481


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fourie, Carel 1950 births 1997 deaths South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players Eastern Province Elephants players People from Uitenhage Rugby union players from the Eastern Cape Rugby union wings