Fabian Juries

Fabian Juries (born 28 February 1979) is a South African rugby union coach and former player.

Fabian Juries

Full name	Fabian Mark Juries
Date of birth	(1979-02-28) 28 February 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Grahamstown, South Africa
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	76 kg (12 st 0 lb; 168 lb)
School	Mary Waters, Grahamstown
University	Kingswood College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback / Winger Current team grahamstown brumbies Youth career 1998–2000 Eastern Province Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2015–present Port Elizabeth Police 4 (10) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2001–2007 Mighty Elephants () 2003 Bulls 7 (15) 2008–2009 Free State Cheetahs 13 (35) 2009 Cheetahs 12 (0) 2009 → Griffons 6 (20) 2010 Stormers 0 (0) 2010 Western Province 8 (0) 2011 Griquas 8 (10) 2011 Cheetahs 3 (0) Correct as of 22 February 2015 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1998 South Africa Under-19 2000 South Africa Under-21 2000–2010 South Africa Sevens 50 (925) Correct as of 22 February 2015 Coaching career Years Team 2024– Kazakhstan 7s (Women) 2024- Kazakhstan XVs (Women)

Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  South Africa
Commonwealth Games
	2002 Manchester	Team competition

Rugby career

Juries led the World Series in tries scored in 2004 and again in 2008. He scored his 100th try against Scotland during the 2005 New Zealand Sevens tournament.^[1]

In 2008, he joined the Free State Cheetahs, before moving to Western Province at the beginning of the 2010 season.^[2] He was nominated for the World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year award, but lost to New Zealand’s DJ Forbes.

In 2020, he was still ranked among World Rugby's Sevens World Series' highest international try-scorers, he was ranked ninth, and was 29th in the highest point-scorer with 925 points.^[3]

Coaching career

After his playing career, he was unemployed for six months before he landed a coaching job at Herbert Hurd Primary School in Port Elizabeth, where he spent five years as the Head of Rugby.^[3] He also worked part-time with the Kings sevens squad and the Nigeria national rugby sevens team.^[3]

Juries coached in Dubai at the Apollo Rugby Skills Academy.^[3] He was appointed as the Head Coach of the Kazakhstan women's sevens and fifteens teams in 2024.^[4]

Personal life

Juries married his wife, Lucinda, in 2003 and they have two daughters, Kirsten and Keshia.^[3]