Jaco Pretorius

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Jaco Pretorius

Birth name	Jaco Christiaan Pretorius
Date of birth	(1979-12-10) 10 December 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb; 14 st 11 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Outside centre Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2006—2009 Golden Lions 22 (80) 2009—2011 Blue Bulls 26 (35) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2001—2008 Lions 29 (35) 2008—2011 Bulls 30 (5) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006-2007 Springboks 2 (0) National sevens team Years Team Comps 2006 Springboks Sevens

Jaco Pretorius (born 10 December 1979) is a retired South African rugby union outside centre.^[1][2]

Biography

Pretorius was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1979.^[1] He began playing for the Lions in 2001^[3] and served as the Springboks Sevens captain in 2006.^[4][5][6][7] In 2007, he was part of the Emerging Springboks team that won the IRB Nations Cup.^[8][9]

He played two games for Barbarian F.C. in 2008^[10][11] before signing a three-year deal with the Bulls;^[3] his debut game was February 14 against the Queensland Reds.^[2] The team won the Currie Cup and the Super 14 Final the following year.^[12][13] They also won the 2010 Super 14 Final, though Pretorius was forced to sit out two games into the season due to a fractured eye socket.^[14][15][16] In 2011, after fourteen years of playing rugby, Pretorius announced he would be retiring due to a back injury.^[17][10]