Francois Venter

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Francois Venter
Full nameJacobus Francois Venter
Date of birth (1991-04-19) 19 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birthBloemfontein, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
SchoolGrey College, Bloemfontein
UniversityUniversity of Pretoria
Rugby union career
Position(s) Inside-Centre
Current team Template:Rut Cheetahs
Youth career
2007–09 Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs
2010–12 Template:Rut Blue Bulls
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–13 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 43 (60)
2012–13 Template:Rut Bulls 11 (0)
2014– Template:Rut Cheetahs 34 (55)
2014– Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs 20 (25)
Correct as of 17 July 2016
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008 South Africa Under-18 Elite Squad
2008 South Africa Schools
2010–11 South Africa Under-20 10 (35)
2016 South Africa 'A' 2 (5)
Correct as of 19 June 2016

Jacobus Francois Venter (born (1991-04-19)19 April 1991) is a South African rugby union footballer. He usually plays as an inside-centre for the Template:Rut Cheetahs Super Rugby team.

Rugby career

He represents the Template:Rut Cheetahs in Super Rugby 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]

He was a member of the South Africa Under 20 team that competed in the 2010 and 2011 IRB Junior World Championships.[5][6]

South Africa 'A'

In 2016, Venter was included in a South Africa 'A' squad that played a two-match series against a touring England Saxons team.[7] He was named in the starting line-up for their first match in Bloemfontein,[8] but ended on the losing side as the visitors ran out 32–24 winners.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). 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.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Reference List

  1. ^ "Bul-ster word Cheetah". Beeld (in Afrikaans). Media24. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Toyota Cheetahs kondig groep aan vir 2014 Vodacom SupeRugby seisoen" (Press release) (in Afrikaans). Cheetahs. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Match Centre: Cheetahs v Lions". SANZAR. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Toyota Cheetahs 20–21 Lions". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  5. ^ "South Africa name squad for JWC 2010". IRB.COM. IRB. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  6. ^ "SA Under-20 squad named". Sport24. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.

External links

Template:Cheetahs squad


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