Tommie Laubscher

Thomas Gerbach Laubscher (8 October 1963 – 26 May 2007) was a South African rugby union player who played at tighthead prop.[1]

Tommie Laubscher
Birth nameThomas Gerbach Laubscher
Date of birth(1963-10-08)8 October 1963
Place of birthVredenburg, Western Cape, South Africa
Date of death26 May 2007(2007-05-26) (aged 43)
Place of deathVredenburg, Western Cape, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight115 kg (254 lb)
SchoolVredenburg High School, Vredenburg
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead prop
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1990–1992 Boland 37 (0)
1993–1997 Western Province 60 (0)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1994–1995 South Africa 6 (0)

Playing career

Laubscher played for the Boland schools team at the Craven Week tournament and made is provincial rugby debut for Boland in 1990 at the age of 27. In 1993 he moved to Western Province and won the Currie Cup with Western Province in 1997.[2][3]

Laubscher made his Springbok debut in 1994 against Argentina at the Boet Erasmus Stadium in Port Elizabeth. He toured with the Springboks to Britain at the end of 1994 and to Europe and Britain in 1995. Laubscher played six test matches and six tour matches for the Springboks, and was known as an exceptionally strong scrummager.[4]

Test history
No.OppositionResult
(SA 1st)		PositionTriesDateVenue
1. Argentina42–22Tighthead prop8 Oct 1994Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
2. Argentina46–26Tighthead prop15 Oct 1994Ellis Park, Johannesburg
3. Scotland34–10Tighthead prop19 Nov 1994Murrayfield, Edinburgh
4. Wales20–12Tighthead prop26 Nov 1994Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
5. Italy40–21Tighthead prop12 Nov 1995Stadio Olimpico, Rome
6. England24–14Tighthead prop18 Nov 1995Twickenham, London

Death

Laubscher died in a road accident when he and his son, stopped to help a driver who had hit a cow in foggy weather conditions, when he was hit by another vehicle.[5]

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See also

References
  1. "Thommie Laubscher". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  2. Van Rooyen, Quintus (1997). Bankfin Annual 1997. Montana Park: SA Rugby Writers' Society. p. 116. ISBN 0620209607.
  3. Colquhoun, Andy (1999). The South African Rugby Annual 1999. Cape Town: MWP Media Sport. pp. 209–211. ISBN 0958423148.
  4. Colquhoun, Andy (1999). The South African Rugby Annual 1999. Cape Town: MWP Media Sport. p. 151. ISBN 0958423148.
  5. "Springbok strongman killed". Sport. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
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