Eric van der Merwe
South African rugby union player
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Carel Eric van der Merwe (born 4 April 1977) is a South African former professional rugby union player.
Full nameCarel Eric van der Merwe
Born4 April 1977
SchoolStellenberg High School
Position
Prop / Loose forward
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| School | Stellenberg High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Stellenberg High School product, van der Merwe was a Western Province under-21 representative player and spent some of his early career in France playing with Rugby Club d'Arras, before establishing himself in the Boland Cavaliers front-row in 1999.[1]
Van der Merwe earned Springboks selection in 2000 as part of their 40-man squad for tours of Argentina, Ireland and the United Kingdom, but would not feature in any Test matches.[2]
In 2001, van der Merwe had a season in New Zealand provincial rugby, as a loose forward with Hawke's Bay.[3]