Adolf Weich Malan (born 6 September 1961) is a former

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player. He played 159 matches for

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. His usual position was as lock, where he also played for the national team, the

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Playing career

Malan made his debut for South Africa on 26 August 1989 against a

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team. The match was played at

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, and Malan started at lock, with the Springboks winning 20 to 19. He played in the subsequent test against the World XV, which was won 22 to 16 at Ellis Park. Malan next played for the Springboks in 1992, when he earned five international caps for South Africa, the first of which was against the

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at Ellis Park, which the Springboks lost 24 to 27, as well as the following test against

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. He then played in two tests against

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, winning one and losing one. Malan's last test was on 14 November 1992 against

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. Malan was known as a strong ball winner in the line–out.

Test history

Accolades

In 2000 he was inducted into the

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Hall of fame.

Trivia

Malan and his lock partner against the

Niel Hugo Daniël Pieter Hugo (born 31 March 1964) is a South African former rugby union player that played two tests for the Springboks. Playing career Hugo grew up in Victoria West in the Northern Cape and studied at Stellenbosch University. He made h ...

had the honour of being the tallest Springbok players at 2.04m. In 2008

Andries Bekker Andries Bekker (born 5 December 1983 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union player for the Springbok rugby team as well as Kobelco Steelers in the Japanese Top League. Playing career Bekker made his South African d ...

became the tallest Springbok, at 2.08m.

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