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Daniël Francois Retief (28 June 1925 – 22 September 2010) was a South African rugby union player.[1]

Playing career

Retief matriculated at Lichtenburg High School and took his BCom degree at the University of Pretoria. He started his career as a wing for Шаблон:Rut and later switched to loose-forward.[2]

Retief made his test match debut for Шаблон:Nrut against Robin Thompson's British Lions side in 1955 at Ellis Park in front of over 90,000 fans. He toured with the Springboks to Australia and New Zealand in 1956 and was one of the few players who represented South Africa in all six Test matches on the tour.[3] On the tour he scored 11 tries, 3 of which were in tests and during a difficult tour where the team was plagued by injuries, Retief played in 18 games.[2]

Test history

No. Opponents Results
(SA 1st)
Position Tries Dates Venue
1. Шаблон:Flag 25–9 Number 8 6 Aug 1955 Ellis Park, Johannesburg
2. Шаблон:Flagicon British Lions 6–9 Number 8 20 Aug 1955 Newlands, Cape Town
3. Шаблон:Flagicon British Lions 22–8 Number 8 1 24 Sep 1955 Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth
4. Шаблон:Ru 9–0 Flank 1 26 May 1956 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
5. Шаблон:Ru 9–0 Flank 1 2 Jun 1956 Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane
6. Шаблон:Ru 6–10 Flank 14 Jul 1956 Carisbrook, Dunedin
7. Шаблон:Ru 8–3 Flank 1 4 Aug 1956 Athletic Park, Wellington
8. Шаблон:Ru 10–17 Number 8 18 Aug 1956 Lancaster Park, Christchurch
9. Шаблон:Ru 5–11 Flank 1 Sep 1956 Eden Park, Auckland

See also

References

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