Carel Fourie

Carel 'Tossie' Fourie (1 August 1950 – 5 May 1997) was a South African rugby union player.^[1]

Carel Fourie

Birth name	Carel Fourie
Date of birth	1 August 1950 (1950-08)
Place of birth	Uitenhage, Eastern Cape
Date of death	5 May 1997(1997-05-05) (aged 46)
Place of death	Johannesburg, Gauteng
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
School	Hoërskool Brandwag, Uitenhage
Notable relative(s)	Polla Fourie (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) North East Cape () Eastern Province () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1974–1975 South Africa 4 (10)

Playing career

Fourie played provincial rugby for North Eastern Cape and Eastern Province and during 1972 toured with Gazelles, a South African under-24 team, to Argentina. Fourie scored 22 tries during the tour, the most by a Gazelles player and ten more than second most scored by Gerrie Germishuys. His 92 points scored, were the second most points for the South Africans, behind the 110 scored by Jackie Snyman.

Fourie toured with the Springboks to France in 1974 and made his test debut against France on 23 November 1974 in Toulouse. He played in both test matches on the French tour and a further two tests during the return tour of the French to South Africa in 1975.^[2] He scored ten points in test matches and also played in five tour matches, scoring a further four points.^[3]

Test history

No.	Opposition	Result (SA 1st)	Position	Points	Dates	Venue
1.	France	13–4	Wing	3 (1 penalty)	23 November 1974	Stade Municipal, Toulouse
2.	France	10–8	Wing		30 November 1974	Parc des Princes, Paris
3.	France	38–25	Wing		21 June 1975	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
4.	France	33–18	Wing	7 (1 try, 1 penalty)	28 June 1975	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

Accolades

Fourie was named one of the five SA Rugby players of the Year for 1972. The four other players named, were two members of the 1972 England team that toured South Africa, namely Sam Doble and John Pullin, as well as the South African lock forward, Kevin de Klerk and flanker Jan Ellis.^[4]

See also

• List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 481

References

1. "Carel Fourie". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
2. Jooste, Graham K. (1995). South African rugby test players 1949-1995. Johannesburg: Penguin. pp. 89–92. ISBN 0140250174. OCLC 36916860.
3. Colquhoun, Andy (1999). The South African Rugby Annual 1999. Cape Town: MWP Media Sport. p. 146. ISBN 0958423148.
4. Colquhoun, Andy (1999). The South African Rugby Annual 1999. Cape Town: MWP Media Sport. p. 22. ISBN 0958423148.