Marius Coetzer

Marius Coetzer

Date of birth	(1984-04-04) 4 April 1984
Place of birth	Pretoria, South Africa
Height	1.99 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight	113 kg (17 st 11 lb; 249 lb)
School	Hoërskool Waterkloof
University	UNISA
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Youth career 2005 Template:Rut Blue Bulls Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2006 Template:Rut Maties () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2005 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 1 (0) 2006 Template:Rut Western Province 5 (0) 2007–2008 Template:Rut Falcons 26 (0) 2009–2015 Template:Rut Pumas 100 (55) 2012 Template:Rut Lions 5 (0) 2013 → Template:Rut Stormers 1 (0) 2005–2015 Total 138 (55) Correct as of 9 October 2015

Marius Coetzer (born 4 April 1984) is a former South African rugby union footballer whose regular playing position was lock.

He played first class rugby in South Africa between 2005 and 2015 and spent the majority of his career at the Template:Rut Pumas, making exactly 100 appearances for the team from 2009 until he retired at the end of the 2015 season.

He started his career in 2005 with the Template:Rut Blue Bulls before spending a season in Cape Town with Template:Rut Western Province. He then moved to East Rand side the Template:Rut Falcons where he played in 2007 and 2008 before joining the Pumas.

He also played in six Super Rugby matches, making five appearances for the Template:Rut Lions in 2012 and a single appearance for the Template:Rut Stormers in 2013.

In 2013, he was initially included in a South Africa President's XV team to play in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup, but withdrew after he linked up with the Template:Rut Stormers during the 2013 Super Rugby season.

He was a member of the Pumas side that won the Vodacom Cup for the first time in 2015, beating Template:Rut Western Province 24–7 in the final. Coetzer made six appearances during the season.

External links

• "SA Rugby Player Profile – Marius Coetzer". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
• itsrugby.co.uk profile