Template:Did you know nominations/Des van Jaarsveldt

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 14:46, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

Des van Jaarsveldt

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... that Des van Jaarsveldt was the first Rhodesian to captain the South Africa national rugby team and possibly the first to give a Springboks team talk in English? Source: ESPN, Rhodesian Sports Profiles, 1907-1979. Books of Zimbabwe. p 24. ISBN 9780869202173.

Reviewed: Josh Phillips (murderer)
Comment: For 7 August, (the 3rd test between the British Lions and Springboks)

5x expanded by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 06:13, 3 July 2021 (UTC).

Recently [1] 5x expanded. Article is NPOV and of sufficient length. Hook is interesting and of sufficient length. Hook is inline cited to ESPN which is RS for sports coverage. Earwig shows low likelihood of copyvio. QPQ done. No image to judge. Looks good! Chetsford (talk) 14:51, 3 July 2021 (UTC)