Juan de Jongh

Juan de Jongh

Full name	Juan Leon de Jongh
Date of birth	(1988-04-15) 15 April 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth	Paarl, South Africa
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb; 13 st 10 lb)
School	Huguenot High School, Wellington
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Current team Stormers / Western Province Youth career 2006 Boland Cavaliers 2007 Western Province Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2008 Maties 1 (0) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2009–2017 Western Province 59 (115) 2010–2017 Stormers 97 (75) 2017–2021 Wasps 64 (50) 2021–2023 Western Province 14 (5) 2021–2023 Stormers 3 (0) Correct as of 23 July 2022 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2008, 2015–2017 South Africa Sevens 2009–2016 South Africa (test) 19 (15) 2009–2012 South Africa (tour) 2 (5) 2014 Barbarians 2 (10) 2017 South Africa 'A' 2 (0) Correct as of 18 April 2018
Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing   South Africa Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition

Juan Leon de Jongh (born 15 April 1988) is a South African former professional rugby union footballer. He was one of the stars of Vodacom WP's ABSA Currie Cup campaign in 2009 and he made his debut against the Sharks. He became the first choice inside centre for the Stormers in the 2010 Super 14 season after the departure of stalwart and captain, Jean de Villiers. He won his first international cap against Wales on 5 June 2010, during this game he also scored his first international try with a scything break through the Welsh midfield, similar to that of his previous try against the Waratahs in the Super 14 semi-final.

De Jongh was a member of the South African Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In May 2017 it was announced he would be joining Aviva Premiership side Wasps for the 2017/18 season. ^[1]

2016 Summer Olympics

De Jongh was included in a 12-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. ^[2] He was named in the starting line-up for their first match in Group B of the competition against Spain, with South Africa winning the match 24–0. ^{[3] [4]}

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 21 June 2015

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Cons	Pens	Drops	Points	Yel	Red
2010	Stormers	13	13	0	933	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
2011	Stormers	17	7	10	742	2	0	0	0	10	0	0
2012	Stormers	16	16	0	1280	3	0	0	0	15	0	0
2013	Stormers	11	11	0	864	3	0	0	0	15	0	0
2014	Stormers	12	11	1	895	3	0	0	0	15	0	0
2015	Stormers	15	15	0	1123	2	0	0	0	10	0	0
Total		84	73	11	5837	14	0	0	0	70	0	0

References

1. "Wasps sign South Africa international centre Juan de Jongh from the Stormers". BBC Sport. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
2. "Rugby Sevens squad for Olympics named". South African Rugby Union. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
3. "Men Schedule & Results – Olympic Rugby Sevens (RSA–ESP)". Rio 2016. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
4. "Olympic Games Men's Sevens, Match 2". World Rugby. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

Sources

• Juan de Jongh in, Butch James out The Guardian website
• Juan de Jongh to start for Springboks The BBC website

External links

• Juan de Jongh at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
• Juan de Jongh at European Professional Club Rugby
• Juan de Jongh at Premiership Rugby (archived)
• Juan de Jongh at ESPNscrum
• Juan de Jongh at ItsRugby.co.uk
• Juan de Jongh at Olympics.com
• Juan de Jongh at Olympedia
• "WP rugby profile". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
• Stormers profile ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• "SA Rugby Player Profile – Juan de Jongh". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
• Juan de Jongh at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)