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Andries Blaauw

Namibia international rugby union player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ117475512 ↗
Source-derived summary

Andries J.K. Blaauw (born 25 March 1970) is a Namibian rugby union player. He made his international debut in 1996.

Career

He made his international debut for Namibia against Zimbabwe on 1 March 1996 at Windhoek. He was named in Namibian squads for 1999 Rugby World Cup and 2003 Rugby World Cup. His last competitive international match came against Morocco at Casablanca on 29 February 2004.

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The public source identifies “Andries Blaauw” as namibia international rugby union player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Andries, Blaauw and Namibia.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1970, 1996, 1999, 2003—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1970-03-25. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Andries, Blaauw and Namibia providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q117475512. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1970, 1996, 1999 and 2003.

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This entry incorporates text from “Andries Blaauw” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.