Early Life and Rugby Career
Errol Tobias was born on the farm Klipdrift, located outside Caledon in the Overberg district of the Western Cape.
In August 1978, Tobias turned out at fly-half for a multi-racial South African Country Districts XV against the American Cougars. Tobias scored two tries at the Border Rugby Union Grounds, and helped in the scoring of two more. About 5,500 spectators witnessed the 44-12 victory over the American team. The Associated Press erroneously reported this match as being the first in which a multi-racial team played against an international touring side in South Africa. In fact, the first official multi-racial team to play a foreign national side was the South African Invitation XV which included four players of colour: John Noble, Turkey Shields, Toto Tsotsobe and Morgan Cushe. Selected by Danie Craven, the team beat the French on 7 June 1975 at Newlands in Cape Town by 18 points to 3.
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