04 May 2016, 09:27#2
Felix and Morne Du Plessis?
Flippie and Flip van der Merwe?
Moaner and Wickus van Heerden?
DBDbDraad
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04 May 2016, 10:04#3
I actually thought of Flip while pos ting, but somehow left him out. Forgot about Wickus and Morne. Will update later, I'm sure there's some others I've left out too. It was just off the top of my head.
04 May 2016, 10:11#4
Off the top of my head as well. I know that there was, at some stage, ten father and son pairs who played for the Boks but I understand what you are after. Current players who could follow in their old man's/uncles' footsteps. Right?
If you are broadening the list to include "rugby genes", i.e. uncles, etc, there are of course current players whose dads/uncles/etc did not make the Bok team but who did well at provincial level. Christie Noble, who played winger for both Natal and WP comes to mind. His one nephew, Dusty Noble, played some provincial rugby. The other one is of course JP Pietersen.
To get back to your initial list......... I just remmbered another one. Guy and Ollie Kebble.
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04 May 2016, 10:16#5
Hoping yes, but if you look at the trend, it seems that it's the exceptions that actually do make the cut.
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04 May 2016, 15:36#6
Draad.....Piet Spiere du Toit was the most feared prop in world rugby. He dominated AB captain Whineray in 1960, a big part of our series win. He then went on the NH tour dominating again, but finally matched by the French. I was never clear why his career was so short. But for a brief period he was dominant.
Jan Pickard was part of an early conspiracy theory, that Bok representation was controlled up North by guys who favored the likes of Salty du Rand. My father's generation in the Cape thought Jan was the best lock in the country.
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05 May 2016, 16:00#7
Moz, no wonder the younger PSDT is not quite in the same league. I'll take Spiere over Steph any day. It's all in the name. He should officially drop Steph from his I D!
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05 May 2016, 17:02#8
Its odd how some players are called by their first names.....Pieter-Steph, Schalk, Jean....other by their surnames....Habana, Vermeulen, Etzebeth. Why one wonders.
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05 May 2016, 19:13#9
Not odd, the stronger one takes preference AND the first lot has common surnames. Lots of Burgers, Du Plessis', Du T and VdM's?