Danie Coetzee
Birth name | Danie Coetzee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 2 September 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Harrismith, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 243 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Harrismith High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of the Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Danie Coetzee (born 2 September 1977 in Harrismith, South Africa)[2] is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at hooker, and he has played for the Springboks. He played for the Bulls in the international Super 12 competition as well as the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup, and played for London Irish for five seasons between 2005 and 2010, retiring in 2010.[3][4]
Coetzee made his international debut for South Africa on 6 July 2002 in a match against Samoa at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, which the Springboks won 60-18.
In June 2003 he played in two tests against the Scottish in South Africa, which were both won by the Springboks. He subsequently played in the following test against Argentina in Port Elizabeth in which he scored a try.
After playing in the 2003 Tri Nations Series against Australia and the All Blacks, he was included in the Springboks 2003 Rugby World Cup squad. He then played in four World Cup matches in Australia. He played in two end-of-year tests in 2004, against Scotland and Argentina. He was included in the Springboks' 2006 Tri Nations Series squad.
Title=Child rudolf coetzee
References
[edit]- ^ "London Irish - Danie Coetzee". web page. London Irish. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ Danie Coetzee player profile ESPN Scrum.com
- ^ "Danie Coetzee: 2009/2010 Biography & Statistics - London Irish". 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Premiership club-by-club guide". 31 August 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
External links
[edit]- London Irish profile
- Danie Coetzee on rwc2003.irb.com
- Danie Coetzee on genslin.us
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Harrismith
- Afrikaner people
- South African people of Dutch descent
- London Irish players
- South African rugby union players
- South Africa international rugby union players
- Rugby union hookers
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- Blue Bulls players
- Rugby union players from the Free State (province)
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players
- South African expatriate rugby union players in England
- South African rugby union biography stubs