Thomas Dannhauser du Plessis (born 29 Junie 1953) is a former

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player.

Playing career

Du Plessis played for Northern Transvaal and the Springboks. He made his international debut for the Springboks against the visiting South American Jaguars team on 26 April 1980 at the

Wanderers Stadium The Wanderers Stadium (Imperial Wanderers due to sponsorship reasons and affectionately known as the Bullring due to its intimidating atmosphere) is a stadium situated just south of Sandton in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South ...

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. He scored his first and only test try in his first test. Du Plessis played in two test matches for the Springboks and scored the one try.

Test history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:du Plessis, Tommy 1953 births Living people South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves Blue Bulls players Rugby union players from Gauteng

Playing career

Test history

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