{{short description|South African rugby union footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Polla Fourie | image = | caption = | birth_name = Theodorus Theunis Fourie | birth_place = Uitenhage, Eastern Cape | birth_date = {{birth date and age text|10 July 1945}} | death_date = | death_place = | currentclub = | position = | height = 1.88m | weight = 91kg | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | ru_amclubcaps = | ru_amclubpoints = | amatupdate = | years1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | clubupdate = | province1 = South Eastern Transvaal | province2 = | provinceyears1 = | provinceyears2 = | provinceapps1 = | provinceapps2 = | provincepoints1 = | provincepoints2 = | repteam1 = South Africa | repyears1 = 1974 | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = | repupdate = | relatives = Carel Fourie (brother) | school = Hoërskool Brandwag, Uitenhage }} '''Theodorus Theunis 'Polla' Fourie''' (born 10 July 1945) is a former South African rugby union player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/8291.html|title=Polla Fourie|website=ESPN scrum|access-date=2020-06-04}}</ref>
==Playing career== Fourie played provincial rugby for South Eastern Transvaal and was the first player from the union that was selected to play for the Springboks in a test match.
Fourie played in only one test match for the Springboks, the third test against the 1974 Lions at the Boet Erasmus Stadium in Port Elizabeth. He then toured with the Springboks to France at the end of 1974 and one of his fellow tourists was his brother, Carel. Fourie played in four tour matches, scoring three tries.<ref>{{Cite book|title=South African rugby test players 1949-1995|last=Jooste|first=Graham K.|date=1995|publisher=Penguin|isbn=0140250174|location=Johannesburg|pages=87|oclc=36916860}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=The South African Rugby Annual 1999|last=Colquhoun|first=Andy|publisher=MWP Media Sport|year=1999|isbn=0958423148|location=Cape Town|pages=146 }}</ref>
=== Test history ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! No. !! Opposition !! Result (SA 1st) !! Position !! Points !! Dates !! Venue |- | 1. || {{flag|British and Irish Lions|name=British Lions}} || align="center"|9–26 || Flank || || 13 July 1974 ||Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth |}
==See also== *List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. ''' 476'''
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