Marius Hofmeyr Hurter (born 8 October 1970), is a former

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player who played for

between 1995 and 1997. He was a member of the Springbok Squad that won the

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Career

Provincial and club

Hurter made his provincial debut in 1992 for and in 1994 moved to . In 1998 he relocated to Cape Town, to play for in the South African provincial competitions and for the in Super Rugby. At the end of the 1998 South African season, Hurter moved to the United Kingdom and joined the

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and played for the club from 1998 to 2004, winning the

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in 2001 and 2004.

International

He played his first game for the

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on 30 May 1995 against

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during the

. Hurter played in a total of thirteen test - and five tour matches, scoring one try in a tour match, for the Springboks.

Test history

Accolades

In 2003 he was inducted into the

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Hall of fame. Hall of fame Retrieved 25 June 2011

References

External links

Springboks 1995scrum.com statistics
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