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Jaco Pretorius
Birth nameJaco Christiaan Pretorius
Date of birth (1979-12-10) 10 December 1979 (age 43)
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)
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006-2007 Springboks 2 (0)
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2006 Springboks Sevens

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]

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