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Jaco Coetzee
Full nameAbraham Jacobus Coetzee
Date of birth (1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 (age 28)
Place of birthPretoria, South Africa
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight108 kg (238 lb; 17 st 0 lb)
SchoolGlenwood High School, Durban
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number eight / Flanker
Current team Template:Rut Stormers / Template:Rut Western Province
Youth career
2013–2014 Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup)
2015–2017 Template:Rut Western Province
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017–present Template:Rut Stormers 17 (15)
2017–present Template:Rut Western Province 32 (60)
Correct as of 25 August 2019
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014 South Africa Schools 1 (0)
Correct as of 18 April 2018

Abraham Jacobus Coetzee (born (1996-06-10)10 June 1996) is a South African rugby union player for the Template:Rut Stormers in Super Rugby and Template:Rut Western Province in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge.[1] His regular position is number eight.

Rugby career

2013–2014: Youth rugby

Coetzee was born in Pretoria, but grew up in KwaZulu-Natal. He attended Glenwood High School, where he earned selections to represent KwaZulu-Natal at the premier high school rugby union tournament in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week in both 2013[2] and 2014.[3] He scored one try in the 2013 event, in a 77–14 victory over Border,[4] and scored three tries in 2014 – two in a 38–27 win over the Pumas[5] and one in a 15–36 defeat to the Blue Bulls[6] – in a tournament where he also captained the team. After the tournament, he was named in a South Africa Schools squad,[7] also named captain of the team.[8] He captained them to a victory over France in their first match,[9] but sustained an ankle injury and missed the remaining two matches in the Under-18 International Series.[10]

2015–2016: Western Province Under-19 and Under-21

After high school, Coetzee moved to Cape Town to join Template:Rut Western Province's academy. He scored four tries in eleven starts for the Template:Rut Western Province U19 team in the 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship, and three tries in six starts for the Template:Rut Western Province U21 team in the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

2017: Stormers

At the start of 2017, Coetzee was included in the squad for Western Province's affiliated Super Rugby team, the Template:Rut Stormers.[11] He was named as a replacement for their third match of the season against the Template:Rut Southern Kings, and he came on in the 70th minute of the match to make his first class and Super Rugby debut.[12]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Jaco Coetzee". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. ^ "SA Rugby Squad – KwaZulu Natal : 2013 U18 Craven Week". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  3. ^ "SA Rugby Squad – KwaZulu-Natal : 2014 U18 Craven Week". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border 14–77 KwaZulu Natal". South African Rugby Union. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  5. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Pumas 27–38 KwaZulu-Natal". South African Rugby Union. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  6. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – KwaZulu-Natal 15–36 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  7. ^ "SA Rugby Squad – SA Schools : 2014 SA Schools 2014". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Glenwood's Coetzee to captain SA Schools on Friday". South African Rugby Union. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  9. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – SA Schools 28–13 France U18". South African Rugby Union. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  10. ^ "SA Schools make several changes for Wales U18". South African Rugby Union. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  11. ^ "DHL Stormers 2017 squad announced" (Press release). Stormers. 18 February 2017. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Match Centre: Kings 10-41 Stormers". SANZAAR. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
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