Jaco Pretorius

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Jaco Pretorius
Birth nameJaco Christiaan Pretorius
Date of birth (1979-12-10) 10 December 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb; 14 st 11 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Outside centre
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006—2009 Golden Lions 22 (80)
2009—2011 Blue Bulls 26 (35)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2001—2008 Lions 29 (35)
2008—2011 Bulls 30 (5)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006-2007 Springboks 2 (0)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2006 Springboks Sevens

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Jaco Pretorius (born 10 December 1979) is a retired South African rugby union outside centre. [1] [2]

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Biography

Pretorius was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1979. [1] He began playing for the Lions in 2001 [3] and served as the Springboks Sevens captain in 2006. [4] [5] [6] [7] In 2007, he was part of the Emerging Springboks team that won the IRB Nations Cup. [8] [9]

He played two games for Barbarian F.C. in 2008 [10] [11] before signing a three-year deal with the Bulls; [3] his debut game was February 14 against the Queensland Reds. [2] The team won the Currie Cup and the Super 14 Final the following year. [12] [13] They also won the 2010 Super 14 Final, though Pretorius was forced to sit out two games into the season due to a fractured eye socket. [14] [15] [16] In 2011, after fourteen years of playing rugby, Pretorius announced he would be retiring due to a back injury. [17] [10]

References

  1. 1 2 "JACO PRETORIUS South Africa". ESPN. n.d. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Pretorius wins Bulls debut against Reds". ESPN. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Bulls snag Lions star". Planet Rugby. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Enlarged SA Sevens squad". News24. 26 October 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Springbok Sevens gear themselves up for Wellington". ESPN. 1 February 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Lions Sevens Bok at flyhalf". News24. 16 August 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Boks name four new caps for tour". BBC. 20 October 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Emerging Springboks clinch IRB Nations Cup". Super XV. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Pretorius: Nations Cup an eye-opener". World Rugby. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Pretorius hangs up his boots". 25 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "Rugby Union - Gartmore Challenge - England vs. Barbarians". Getty Images. 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "Bulls lift Currie Cup in thriller". ESPN. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "The Bulls blitz the Chiefs to win the 2009 Super 14 final". Rugby Dump. 31 May 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  14. ↑ "Jaco Pretorius & Derick Kuun ruled out for Bulls". Super XV. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "Superb Bulls secure back-to-back titles". ESPN. 29 May 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  16. ↑ "Bulls off to the perfect start". IOL. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  17. ↑ "Back injury forces Jaco Pretorius to retire". Rugby 15. 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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