Toks van der Linde

Albert 'Toks' van der Linde is a former South African rugby union player.

Playing career

Van der Linde went to school in Senekal in the Free State and represented at the annual Craven Week tournament in 1986 and 1987. After finishing school, he attended the University of the Free State and made his provincial debut for in 1992. Van der Linde also played for and then moved to, for which he played 133 games.
Van der Linde made his Test [match (rugby union)|test match] debut for the Springboks against on 12 November 1995 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. In 1996 he toured with the Springboks to Argentina, France and Wales and played in four of the five test matches, each time as a replacement. His next and final test match was five years later against in Paris. He also played in eleven tour matches, scoring two tries for the Springboks.

After retiring, van der Linde worked as rugby commentator and television show host. In 2011 he, together with Breyton Paulse and Janina Oberholzer, became presenters of Toks & Tjops, an informal chat show, on the South African Afrikaans-language television channel, kykNET where sporting events are discussed.