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font-weight: normal;"><b>Position(s)</b></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Winger_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Winger (rugby union)">Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flanker_(rugby_union)" title="Flanker (rugby union)">Flank</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">Provincial / State sides</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">1947–1962</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_national_rugby_union_team" title="Zimbabwe national rugby union team">Rhodesia</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 62</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> ()</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">1960</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 1</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (3)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p>  </p><p><b>Desmond Charles van Jaarsveldt</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-g_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (born 31 March 1929) is a <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesian</a>-born South African retired <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> player<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and former captain of the <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">Springboks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was nicknamed the "Bald Eagle" due to his pace on the wing and bald head.<sup id="cite_ref-az_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became the first Rhodesian to captain South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon retiring from playing, he acted as a coach and administrator for Rhodesian rugby during the transition of the country into Zimbabwe. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rugby_career">Rugby career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Des_van_Jaarsveldt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Rugby career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Des_van_Jaarsveldt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Van Jaarsveldt made his rugby debut for <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_national_rugby_union_team" title="Zimbabwe national rugby union team">Rhodesia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Currie_Cup" title="Currie Cup">Currie Cup</a> as a wing against <a href="/wiki/Blue_Bulls_Rugby_Union" title="Blue Bulls Rugby Union">Northern Transvaal</a> in 1947 at the age of eighteen, scoring all of Rhodesia's points in the loss.<sup id="cite_ref-cap_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cap-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played 62 times for Rhodesia, initially on the <a href="/wiki/Winger_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Winger (rugby union)">wing</a> but later moving to the <a href="/wiki/Flanker_(rugby_union)" title="Flanker (rugby union)">flank</a>, and scored 17 <a href="/wiki/Try_(rugby)" title="Try (rugby)">tries</a>. He captained Rhodesia 19 times between 1958 and 1962. Van Jaarsveldt attended trials for selection for the South African national team in 1951 and 1956 but was not selected on either occasion. This was because Van Jaarsveldt believed it was due to <a href="/wiki/Afrikaner_Broederbond" title="Afrikaner Broederbond">Afrikaner Broederbond</a> pressures on the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Rugby_Board" title="South African Rugby Board">South African Rugby Board</a> not to select him because he was Rhodesian.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1959 he was selected as captain for the Rest of South Africa against the Currie Cup champions, <a href="/wiki/Western_Province_rugby" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Province rugby">Western Province</a>. When he was 31, Van Jaarsveldt became the first Rhodesian to captain the <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">Springboks</a> in 1960, taking over from <a href="/wiki/Johan_Claassen" title="Johan Claassen">Johan Claassen</a> after being appointed by <a href="/wiki/Danie_Craven" title="Danie Craven">Danie Craven</a>, the president of the South African Rugby Board.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previously it had been considered politically unacceptable by the ruling South African <a href="/wiki/National_Party_(South_Africa)" title="National Party (South Africa)">National Party</a> for a Rhodesian to captain the Springboks as previously <a href="/wiki/John_Morkel" title="John Morkel">John Morkel</a> was denied an opportunity despite captaining Rhodesia to a <a href="/wiki/1949_Rhodesia_vs_New_Zealand_rugby_union_match" title="1949 Rhodesia vs New Zealand rugby union match">10–8 win over New Zealand in 1949</a> (which Van Jaarsveldt missed due to injury).<sup id="cite_ref-az_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Afrikaner_nationalism" title="Afrikaner nationalism">Afrikaner nationalist</a> newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/Die_Transvaler" title="Die Transvaler">Die Transvaler</a></i> criticised the appointment of Van Jaarsveldt stating: "It is an evil day for South African rugby when the country has to seek its rugby captain from beyond its borders in the territory of a strange land."<sup id="cite_ref-cap_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cap-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Contrary to this view, the team and the nation at large supported him.<sup id="cite_ref-cap_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cap-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite his name being similar to <a href="/wiki/Afrikaner" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaner">Afrikaner</a> names (his familial background was from the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> and did not have any Afrikaner connection),<sup id="cite_ref-ap_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Van Jaarsveldt could not speak <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a> and stated about that day "It must be the first time a Springbok captain has had to give his team talk in English."<sup id="cite_ref-cap_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cap-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He captained the Springboks in an 18–10 victory over <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a> at Port Elizabeth.<sup id="cite_ref-cap_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cap-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the success, Van Jaarsveldt was never picked for South Africa again. This was attributed to his lack of ability to speak Afrikaans (which the selectors did not know of when he was selected) and <a href="/wiki/Anglophobia" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglophobia">Anglophobia</a> from the South African selectors.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also claimed that his decision not to follow the Springboks tradition of the captain leading a team prayer, which van Jaarsveldt attributed that it was not in his nature to pray for victory, and not giving a long motivational speech was also not received well by some players.<sup id="cite_ref-az_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also speculated that he was only appointed as captain as a token gesture by Craven in what was considered a low profile match as it was viewed as only a warm-up for the upcoming <a href="/wiki/1960_New_Zealand_rugby_union_tour_of_Australia_and_South_Africa" title="1960 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia and South Africa">New Zealand tour of South Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, following the death of Claassen, Van Jaarsveldt became the oldest living former Springbok<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is the oldest living South African rugby captain.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, as the oldest living Springbok captain, he was invited to cast his handprints alongside the oldest living <a href="/wiki/South_African_Coloured_Rugby_Football_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="South African Coloured Rugby Football Board">South African Coloured Rugby Football Board</a> and the <a href="/wiki/South_African_African_Rugby_Board" title="South African African Rugby Board">South African African Rugby Board</a> representative captains in the newly opened South Africa Rugby Museum.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in that year, he played in a legends match for the Springboks at the age of 83 against Zimbabwe Legends to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Matabeleland Rugby Football Union at Hartsfield Rugby Ground. He took the kick-off and was then substituted.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Test_history">Test history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Des_van_Jaarsveldt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Test history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No.</th> <th>Opponents</th> <th>Results (SA 1st)</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Tries</th> <th>Dates</th> <th>Venue </th></tr> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a></td> <td align="center">18–10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flanker_(rugby_union)" title="Flanker (rugby union)">Flank</a> (<a href="/wiki/Captain_(sports)" title="Captain (sports)">c</a>)</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td>30 April 1960</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boet_Erasmus_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Boet Erasmus Stadium">Boet Erasmus Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Elizabeth" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Elizabeth">Port Elizabeth</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coaching_and_administration">Coaching and administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Des_van_Jaarsveldt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Coaching and administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Van Jaarsveldt also coached the Rhodesian team from 1967 to 1970, where he once received criticism from the New Zealand All Blacks coach for instructing Rhodesia to shirt-pull and obstruct All Black players.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was president of the <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_Rugby_Union" title="Zimbabwe Rugby Union">Rhodesia RFU</a> in 1979. As the president of the Rhodesian Rugby Football Union, he ran Rhodesian rugby during the transition of the country to black majority rule. In 1979 following the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_Rhodesia" title="Zimbabwe Rhodesia">Zimbabwe Rhodesia</a>, he called for a meeting of all national sporting bodies to determine a unified approach to any potential name changes which included possibly dropping Rhodesia from their names. This meeting did not occur as several bodies preferred to unilaterally decide on their own names.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1980, with the newly renamed Zimbabwe Rugby Union, Van Jaarsveldt led an unsuccessful campaign against the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Zimbabwe" title="Prime Minister of Zimbabwe">Prime Minister of Zimbabwe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mugabe" title="Robert Mugabe">Robert Mugabe</a>'s announcement that Zimbabwe was to sever all sporting connections with South Africa due to their <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a> policies.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the run up to this decision, Van Jaarsveldt did approach the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union">Rugby Football Union</a> on Zimbabwe's tour of England, their first outside of Africa and as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Surrey_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Surrey Rugby Football Union">Surrey Rugby Football Union</a> touring Rhodesia the previous year, to see if Zimbabwe could affiliate with England.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Des_van_Jaarsveldt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Van Jaarsveldt was born in <a href="/wiki/Bulawayo" title="Bulawayo">Bulawayo</a> in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia">Southern Rhodesia</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>) and he was educated at <a href="/wiki/Plumtree_School" title="Plumtree School">Plumtree School</a>. In addition to his rugby career, he also represented Southern Rhodesia as a heavyweight boxer in the 1950 South African Championships.<sup id="cite_ref-cap_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cap-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire">Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire</a> (MBE) in the <a href="/wiki/1963_New_Year_Honours" title="1963 New Year Honours">1963 New Year Honours</a> for "services to sport in Southern Rhodesia".<sup id="cite_ref-g_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Van Jaarsveldt briefly entered politics in 1983, unsuccessfully standing for former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Rhodesia" title="Prime Minister of Rhodesia">Rhodesian Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Ian_Smith" title="Ian Smith">Ian Smith</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Republican_Front_(Zimbabwe)" title="Republican Front (Zimbabwe)">Republican Front</a> for a seat in the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Zimbabwe" title="Senate of Zimbabwe">Senate of Zimbabwe</a> where he lost the election after drawing of lots on a 10–10 tied vote.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Des_van_Jaarsveldt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_African_rugby_union_captains" class="mw-redirect" title="South African rugby union captains">South African rugby union captains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Africa_national_rugby_union_players#List" title="List of South Africa national rugby union players">List of South Africa national rugby union players</a> – Springbok no. <b>354</b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Des_van_Jaarsveldt&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Rhodesian Services Association Incorporated. July 2011. p. 5.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Monthly+sitrep&rft.pages=5&rft.pub=Rhodesian+Services+Association+Incorporated&rft.date=2011-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rhodesianservices.org%2Fuser%2Fimage%2Fpublication07-2011.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADes+van+Jaarsveldt" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #78FF78;">Rugby Union Captain </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Johan_Claassen" title="Johan Claassen">Johan Claassen</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Springbok_captains" class="mw-redirect" title="Springbok captains">Springbok Captain</a> </b><br />1960 </td> <td style="width: 30%; 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