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Revision as of 15:28, 2 April 2018
Full name | Jacobus Francois Venter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bloemfontein, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb; 205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Grey College, Bloemfontein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jacobus Francois Venter (born 19 April 1991) is a South African rugby union player. He usually plays as an inside-centre for the Template:Rut Cheetahs team and the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs team.
Club career
he represents the Template:Rut Cheetahs in the Guinness Pro14 and the Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup, having previously played for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls.
In July 2013, it was announced that he would join the Template:Rut Cheetahs prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season on a two-year deal.[1] He was subsequently included in the Template:Rut Cheetahs squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season[2] and made his Cheetahs debut in a 21–20 defeat to the Template:Rut Lions in Bloemfontein.[3][4]
On 1 March 2018, Venter travels to England to join with Worcester Warriors, who play in the Aviva Premiership on a two-year contract from the 2018-19 season.[5]
International career
He was a member of the South Africa Under 20 team that competed in the 2010 and 2011 IRB Junior World Championships.[6][7]
In 2016, Venter was included in a South Africa 'A' squad that played a two-match series against a touring England Saxons team.[8] He was named in the starting line-up for their first match in Bloemfontein,[9] but ended on the losing side as the visitors ran out 32–24 winners.[10] He also started the second match of the series, scoring a try five minutes into the second half of a 26–29 defeat to the Saxons in George.[11]
Reference List
- ^ "Bul-ster word Cheetah". Beeld (in Afrikaans). 23 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ "Toyota Cheetahs kondig groep aan vir 2014 Vodacom SupeRugby seisoen" (Press release) (in Afrikaans). Cheetahs. 7 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Match Centre: Cheetahs v Lions". SANZAR. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Toyota Cheetahs 20–21 Lions". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Francois Venter: Worcester Warriors sign South Africa centre on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "South Africa name squad for JWC 2010". International Rugby Board. 15 April 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "SA Under-20 squad named". Sport24. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ "Ackermann to coach SA 'A' against Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 28 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ "Youth and experience for SA 'A' opener against Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa "A" 24–32 England Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa "A" 26–29 England Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
External links
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Francois Venter". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- Bulls profile
- itsrugby.co.uk profile
- Living people
- 1991 births
- South African rugby union players
- Rugby union centres
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- Blue Bulls players
- Cheetahs (rugby union) players
- White South African people
- Afrikaner people
- Sportspeople from Bloemfontein
- Alumni of Grey College, Bloemfontein
- South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players
- South African rugby union biography stubs