Albertus Johannes van der Merwe (14 July 1929 – 23 November 1971) was a South African rugby union player.^[1]

Van der Merwe was born in Rawsonville and received his schooling at Worcester Gymnasium. He studied at the University of Cape Town and played provincial rugby for Boland.^[2]

Van der Merwe made his test match debut for the Springboks against the British Lions in 1955. He then toured with the Springboks to Australia and New Zealand in 1956 and played in all six test matches during the tour. He also played in tests against France in 1958, Scotland in 1960 and his last test was against the All Blacks in 1960. Van der Merwe also played in fourteen tour matches and scored one try.^[3]

Test history

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No.	Opponents	Results (SA 1st)	Position	Tries	Dates	Venue
1.	British Lions	25–9	Hooker		20 Aug 1955	Newlands, Cape Town
2.	British Lions	6–9	Hooker		3 Sep 1955	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
3.	British Lions	22–8	Hooker		24 Sep 1955	Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth
4.	Australia	9–0	Hooker		26 May 1956	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
5.	Australia	9–0	Hooker		2 Jun 1956	Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane
6.	New Zealand	6–10	Hooker		14 Jul 1956	Carisbrook, Dunedin
7.	New Zealand	8–3	Hooker		4 Aug 1956	Athletic Park, Wellington
8.	New Zealand	10–17	Hooker		18 Aug 1956	Lancaster Park, Christchurch
9.	New Zealand	5–11	Hooker		1 Sep 1956	Eden Park, Auckland
10.	France	3–3	Hooker		26 JuL 1958	Newlands, Cape Town
11.	Scotland	18–10	Hooker		30 Apr 1960	Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth
12.	New Zealand	3–11	Hooker		23 Jul 1960	Newlands, Cape Town

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• List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 323