Jacques-Louis Potgieter

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Jacques-Louis Potgieter
Date of birth (1984-09-02) 2 September 1984 (age 39)
Place of birthPretoria, South Africa
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb; 196 lb)
SchoolAfrikaanse Hoër Seunskool
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Current team Template:Rut Perpignan
Youth career
2003 Template:Rut Leopards
2004–2005 Template:Rut Blue Bulls
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2005–2007 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 41 (280)
2007 Template:Rut Bulls 1 (0)
2008–2009 Template:Rut Cheetahs 17 (85)
2008–2009 Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs 26 (245)
2008 → Template:Rut Griffons 5 (79)
2010 Template:Rut Bulls 14 (15)
2010 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 15 (177)
2011 Template:Rut Sharks 10 (27)
2011 Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup) 6 (21)
2012–2013 Bayonne 31 (274)
2013–2014 Dax 16 (22)
2014–2015 Template:Rut Bulls 20 (186)
2014–2015 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 9 (123)
2015–2017 Template:Rut Lyon 31 (248)
2017–present Template:Rut Perpignan 3 (20)
Correct as of 3 September 2017

Jacques-Louis Potgieter (born 2 September 1984 in Pretoria) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with French side Template:Rut Perpignan.[1][2][3] His regular position is fly-half.

Career

He made his Super 14 debut for the Template:Rut Bulls against the Template:Rut Cheetahs in 2007.[4] In 2008 and 2009 he joined the Template:Rut Cheetahs, but was reunited with his Template:Rut Bulls team-mates in 2010. For the 2011 season, he joined the Template:Rut Sharks.

France

In January 2012, he signed for French Top 14 side Bayonne as a medical joker for the 2011–12 Top 14 season,[5] then signed a one-year full-time contract for the 2012–13 Top 14 season.[6]

Prior to the 2013–14 Rugby Pro D2 season, he joined Dax on a two-year deal,[7] but gained an early release from this contract at the start of 2014.[8]

Return to South Africa

He then returned to the Template:Rut Bulls prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season on a two-year contract,[9] which he then extended until October 2016.[10]

Return to France

Potgieter left the Blue Bulls after the 2015 Super Rugby season, joining French Top 14 side Template:Rut Lyon.[11] After two seasons at Lyon, he joined their compatriots Template:Rut Perpignan on a three-year deal.[12]

Education

Potgieter attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), a public school located in Pretoria. He attended alongside former Bulls teammates Fourie du Preez, Wynand Olivier, Pierre Spies and Derick Kuun, Template:Rut Stormers lock Adriaan Fondse, former Stade Français lock Cliff Milton and Titans cricketers AB de Villiers, Heino Kuhn and Faf du Plessis.

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Jacques-Louis Potgieter". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  2. ^ "It's Rugby Player Profile: Jacques-Louis Potgieter". It's Rugby. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Sky Sports Player Profile: Jacques-Louis Potgieter". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Bulls 24–20 Vodacom Cheetahs". South African Rugby Union. 10 February 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Bayonne sign Potgieter". Sport24. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Jacques-Louis Potgieter reste à Bayonne" (in French). AB Rugby. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  7. ^ "l'US Dax fait signer Jacques-Louis Potgieter mais perd Beal" (in French). Sud Ouest. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Jacques Louis Potgieter devrait quitter l'US Dax" (in French). Sud Ouest. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Bulls sign Potgieter". SuperSport. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Obi dalk eersdaags 'n Bul" (in Afrikaans). Beeld. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Blue Bulls Company say goodbye to a number of stalwarts" (Press release). Bulls. 12 June 2015. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  12. ^ "Signature de Jacques-Louis Potgieter" (Press release) (in French). USA Perpignan. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
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