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Did you know... that Des van Jaarsveldt was the first Rhodesian to captain the South Africa national rugby team and possibly the first to give a Springboks team talk in English?
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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 14:46, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
... that Des van Jaarsveldt was the first Rhodesian to captain the South Africa national rugby team and possibly the first to give a Springboks team talk in English? Source: ESPN, Rhodesian Sports Profiles, 1907-1979. Books of Zimbabwe. p 24. ISBN 9780869202173.
Comment: For 7 August, (the 3rd test between the British Lions and Springboks)
5x expanded by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 06:13, 3 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]
Recently [1] 5x expanded. Article is NPOV and of sufficient length. Hook is interesting and of sufficient length. Hook is inline cited to ESPN which is RS for sports coverage. Earwig shows low likelihood of copyvio. QPQ done. No image to judge. Looks good! Chetsford (talk) 14:51, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"scoring all of Rhodesia's points" in a X-Y victory/defeat?
Link wing and flank.
And "tries".
And "for the South African national team" in the main body.
"because ... because" bit clunky.
"captained the Springboks in " link that first time, not here.
Test history table need not be sortable and could use row and col scopes per
MOS:DTT
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Do our readers all know who the Springboks and All Blacks are?
Ref 1 could use an en-dash.
"Extra reading" Further, not Extra.
Ref 6 year range needs en-dash.
Suc box, "Rugby Union Captain" shouldn't that be Rugby union captain, and Springbok Captain -> South African rugby union captain? And were is Dryburgh referenced?
Errors in infobox showing (deprecated parameters), could use tidying.
Well, you can't technically stop me, and since my efforts were ignored and wasted, I might just go ahead without your "blessing". The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 15:48, 12 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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