Ockert Antonie Roux (born 22 February 1947) is a former South African

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player.

Playing career

Roux represented schools in 1964 and played his senior provincial rugby in South Africa for Northern Transvaal. He made his test debut for the

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during the South African tour of Britain and Ireland in 1969 and 1970. His first test match was against at

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in Edinburgh, playing at centre. He played ss a centre in all three other tests on the tour and also against in 1972. He was then selected at fullback for two tests against the British Lions in 1974. Roux was an unused bench replacement a further 13 times in test matches and played in twenty-four tour matches, scoring fifteen points for the Springboks.

Test history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roux, Tonie 1947 births Living people South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players Blue Bulls players University of Pretoria alumni Rugby union players from Pretoria Rugby union centres Rugby union fullbacks Alumni of Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool

Playing career

Test history

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