Albert 'Toks' van der Linde (born 30 December 1969) 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 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.
Test history No. Opponents Results(SA 1st) Position Tries Dates Venue 1. 40–21 Loosehead prop 12 Nov 1995 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 2. 24–14 Loosehead prop 18 Nov 1995 Twickenham, London 3. 46–15 Replacement 9 Nov 1996 Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires 4. 44–21 Replacement 16 Nov 1996 Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires 5. 22–12 Replacement 30 Nov 1996 Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux 6. 37–20 Replacement 15 Dec 1996 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 7. 10–20 Replacement 10 Nov 2001 Stade de France, Paris
Later career 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.
See also List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 629
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