Jacques Potgieter
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ulrich Jacques Potgieter | ||
| Born | 24 April 1986 Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
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| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | HTS Daniel Pienaar, Uitenhage | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Flanker / Lock | ||
| Current club | Sharks / Munakata Sanix Blues | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004 | Eastern Province Kings | ||
| 2005–07 | Sharks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2008–09 | Sharks (Currie Cup) | 2 | (0) |
| 2009–11 | Eastern Province Kings | 36 | (20) |
| 2011–13 | Blue Bulls | 7 | (10) |
| 2012–13 | Bulls | 22 | (15) |
| 2014–15 | Waratahs | 33 | (15) |
| 2014– | Munakata Sanix Blues | 13 | (15) |
| 2016– | Sharks | 0 | (0) |
| 2016– | Sharks (Currie Cup) | 0 | (0) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2012 | South Africa | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 26 June 2015. |
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Ulrich Jacques Potgieter (born 24 April 1986 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing Super Rugby with the Sharks and in the Top League with Munakata Sanix Blues.[1]
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Career
Youth / Sharks / Eastern Province Kings
He represented Eastern Province at the annual Craven Week rugby tournament in 2004 and then clinched a move to the Sharks, whom he represented at various youth levels before playing in the Vodacom Cup for two seasons before moving back to the Eastern Province Kings for the 2009 Currie Cup First Division season.
Blue Bulls / Bulls
In August 2011, the Blue Bulls announced that they had signed Potgieter for the 2012 season on a two-year contract.[2] An early release of his contract was secured and he joined the Bulls on 1 September.
Fukuoka Sanix Blues / Waratahs
In May 2013, it was revealed that he would leave the Bulls at the end of the 2013 Super Rugby season. He joined Japanese Top League side Fukuoka Sanix Blues – a deal later extended until 2017[3] – and would also play Super Rugby for the Waratahs in 2014 and 2015.[4][5]
Sharks
In May 2015, it was announced that Potgieter would return to South Africa to join the Sharks on a two-year deal for the start of the 2016 Super Rugby season.[6]
South Africa
He became a Springbok on 23 June 2012 against England during a test played at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
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- 1986 births
- South African rugby union players
- South African people of Dutch descent
- South Africa international rugby union players
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- Blue Bulls players
- Rugby union flankers
- Eastern Province Kings players
- Sharks (Currie Cup) players
- New South Wales Waratahs players
- Afrikaner people
- White South African people
- Sportspeople from Port Elizabeth
- Living people
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Expatriate rugby union players in Australia
- Super Rugby players
- Munakata Sanix Blues players
- South African expatriates in Japan
- South African expatriates in Australia
- South African expatriate rugby union players
