Early Life
After playing rugby union for Northern Transvaal, and scoring a hat-trick for the Springboks against the British Lions, Tom van Vollenhoven was lured to the 13-a-side code in 1955 in a ‘cloak and dagger’ style operation which saw English club St. Helens vie off the competition of Wigan for his services, and the attention of the South African RFU.
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