THROUGHOUT his career Colin Meads was frequently asked who his toughest and most feared opponent was and although the likes of Willie John McBride, Delme Thomas and Johan Classen always got honourable mention he never wavered from the opinion that the comparatively unknown Springbok Martin Pelser was the toughest player he tangled with.
Pelser, who enjoyed a brief but successful eleven match Test career between 1958- 1961 before turning to Rugby League, was from the same mould at Meads. At 6ft 2ins and 15 stone he was ideally built for playing blindside flanker and managed to avoid being sh...