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Pieter Stephanus "Piet" du Toit, (9 October 1935 – 26 February 1996) was a South African
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international. He played as a
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. Due to his relative small stature and light weight for a prop, but still being a strong scrummager, he was known as Piet "Spiere" du Toit. Spiere is the
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word for "muscles".


Career

As a student at the University of Stellenbosch, du Toit made his senior provincial debut for in 1956 and toured with the Springboks in New Zealand and Australia in 1956. In 1958 he started farming and joined the Malmesbury RFC and continued his provincial career at . He then also made his Test debut for the Springboks as a Boland player. He played his first test match on 26 July 1958 against
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in a historic series for les Bleus. He was later chosen for a series of four matches against the
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, and helped the Springboks to two wins, one draw, and one defeat. In 1960–61 he was selected for five games with the Springboks, who embarked on a
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. He helped beat
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3–0. He also participated in victories against
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8–3 as well as over
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5-0 and
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12–5. On 18 February 1961 the South Africans drew in
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0–0. Piet du Toit also took part in three victories over the Irish and
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in 1961 to end his international career.


Test history


Personal life

Piet completed his schooling at
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. Du Toit graduated from the
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with a B. Comm degree. In 1957, Piet du Toit and his wife Barbara, a teacher, started farming on the Kloovenburg Wine Estate near Riebeek Kasteel, Western Cape which his father and father in law bought in 1956. Piet retired in 1989 and his son, Pieter du Toit, still farms on this estate. Two of his grandsons,
Johan du Toit Johannes Willem du Toit (born 8 September 1995) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. He has played as a flanker and a lock. Rugby career 2008–2013: Schoolboy rugby ...
and
Pieter-Steph du Toit Pieter Stephanus du Toit (born 20 August 1992) is a South African professional rugby union player. Du Toit plays as a lock or a flanker for the South Africa national team and the in Japan Rugby League One. After winning the 2019 Rugby World ...
, also plays professional rugby. Pieter-Steph has already followed in his grandfather's footsteps by becoming a Springbok.


See also

* List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 332


References


External links


Photo and portrait at Springboks site- see 1960
South African rugby union players Rugby union props 1935 births 1996 deaths South Africa international rugby union players Western Province (rugby union) players Boland Cavaliers players Rugby union players from the Northern Cape Alumni of Paarl Boys' High School Stellenbosch University alumni {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub