Matthys Johannes 'Thys' Lourens (born 15 May 1943) is a former

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Rugby player.

Playing career

Lourens played 168 first class provincial matches for

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, 91 of which were in the

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competition. He captained the team on 84 occasions and scored 63 tries. Only

Louis Moolman Louis Christiaan Moolman (21 January 1951 - 10 February 2006) was a Northern Transvaal and Springboks Rugby Union player. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa and went to school at Hoërskool Verwoerdburg. He played in the lock position. Pla ...

(171),

Naas Botha Hendrik Egnatius 'Naas' Botha (born 27 February 1958) is a South African former rugby union player, who played for Northern Transvaal and South Africa (the Springboks). He was voted ''Rugby Player of the Year'' in 1979, 1981, 1985 and 1987. Bo ...

(179) and Burger Geldenhuys (184) have played in more matches than Lourens. His usual position was as a flanker, where he also played for the national team, the

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.http://thebulls.co.za/the-team/player-of-the-week/thys-lourens.html He represented South Africa thrice, the first on 22 June 1968, when he played at flanker in a match against the

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at the

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, which resulted in a six-all draw. He played in the subsequent test at

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in which he scored a

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in the 11–6 win. He earned a third cap in the third match of the test series, at Ellis Park, which the Springboks won 19–6.

Test history

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Playing career

Test history

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