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conversion and a penalty. The second Test saw the first South
African loss in 15 years, believed to have been caused by a desire to 'play to the crowd', which saw the team switch from their structured kicking game, to running with the ball. Although Marais converted one of the tries, his team lost 14–18, and he was never selected to play international rugby again.
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tour, but only one of the internationals. The team managers decided to place the four wing players on a rotation system, which saw Marais play in three of the first six matches. His first game of the tour was against a joint South West
Counties team on 15 October, this was followed with his first score of the tour when he scored a
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was the press favourite to take the wing role, but the management made the surprise choice of choosing Marais due to Ochse's poor defensive showings in prior matches. The
Scotland game became a rout, with South Africa winning 44–0, though none of the nine South Africa tries were scored from either of
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Springboks team. When the 1953 touring Australian team came to South Africa, Marais was chosen for the first Test. Played at Johannesburg, the game ended in a convincing 25–3 win for the Springboks, Marais scoring a try, a
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Marais played rugby for Paarl RFC, from Paarl
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for Boland, he was brought into the first Test against the New
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African tour of Great Britain, which also took in matches in Ireland and France. Although one of the few tour members with international experience Marais was not seen as a first choice for the wing position. He played 14 games in total during the
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Marais added to his tally when he scored another try in the win over North West
Counties, but then picked up an injury that kept out of the next five matches. By the time he recovered there was just one game before the first international of the tour, another joint Welsh game, this time to
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