Boy Louw
Introduction ''' Matthys (Boy) Michael Louw ''' (21 February 1906 – 3 May 1988), was a rugby union player on the South African rugby team. His primary position was prop but he also played in the line-out for the Springboks at second row, flanker and number eight.
Biography Louw was born on the farm Watervlei near Wellington as the fifth child of ten brothers and five sisters. One brother died young, he and Fanie Louw became Springboks and the other brothers all played senior rugby.Louw made his debut for  as a teenage schoolboy against the British Isles in 1924.His Springbok debut was in 1928 against the visiting All Blacks, when he was selected as lock for the fourth test at the Crusaders Ground in Port Elizabeth. Louw played 18 test matches for the Boks, 13 of which as loosehead prop and scored one try. He also played 31 tour matches in which he scored five tries.=== Test history === No. Opponents  Results(SA 1st)  Position  Tries  Dates  Venue 1.11–6  Lock    18 Aug 1928  Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth 2.5–13  Loosehead Prop    1 Sep 1928  Newlands, Cape Town 3.8–3  Loosehead prop    5 Dec 1931  St. Helen's, Swansea 4.8–3  Loosehead prop    19 Dec 1931  Lansdowne Road, Dublin 5.7–0  Loosehead prop    2 Jan 1932  Twickenham, London 6.6–3  Loosehead prop    16 Jan 1932  Murrayfield, Edinburgh 7.17–3  Loosehead prop  8 Jul 1933 Newlands, Cape Town 8.6–21  Lock   22 Jul 1933 Kingsmead, Durban 9.12–3  Loosehead prop 1  12 Aug 1933 Ellis Park, Johannesburg 10.11–0  Flank   26 Aug 1933 Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth 11.4–15  Flank   2 Sep 1933 Springbok Park, Bloemfontein 12.9–5  Number Eight   26 Jun 1937 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  13.26–17  Loosehead prop   17 Jul 1937  Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	 14.13–6  Loosehead prop   4 Sep 1937  Lancaster Park, Christchurch 15.17–6  Loosehead prop   25 Sep 1937  Eden Park, Auckland 16.British Isles26–12  Loosehead prop   6 Aug 1938  Ellis Park Park, Johannesburg	 17.British Isles19–3  Loosehead prop   3 Sep 1938  Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth 18.British Isles 16–21  Loosehead prop   10 Sep 1938  Newlands, Cape Town
See also *List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. '''207'''
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