Christoffel 'Christo' Ferreira (born 28 August 1960) is a former
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
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rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player.
Playing career
Ferreira played for
Free State and
Northern Transvaal in the South African provincial competitions and also for the
Springboks. He made his test debut against the visiting
New Zealand Cavaliers
The Cavaliers was an unofficial New Zealand rugby union team which toured South Africa in 1986. Because of the Apartheid policies of the South African government, the official New Zealand Rugby Union tour scheduled for 1985 was cancelled, and th ...
on 10 May 1986 at Newlands in Cape Town. He played in the first two tests against the Cavaliers and was then replaced by Garth Wright for the last two tests.
Test history
See also
*
List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 543
References
1960 births
Living people
Blue Bulls players
Free State Cheetahs players
Rugby union players from Welkom
South Africa international rugby union players
South African rugby union players
Rugby union scrum-halves
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