Juan de Jongh
Full name | Juan Leon de Jongh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 15 April 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Paarl, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb; 13 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Huguenot High School, Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Juan Leon de Jongh (born 15 April 1988) is a South African former professional rugby union footballer. He was one of the stars of Vodacom WP's ABSA Currie Cup campaign in 2009 and he made his debut against the Sharks. He became the first choice inside centre for the Stormers in the 2010 Super 14 season after the departure of stalwart and captain, Jean de Villiers. He won his first international cap against Wales on 5 June 2010, during this game he also scored his first international try with a scything break through the Welsh midfield, similar to that of his previous try against the Waratahs in the Super 14 semi-final.
De Jongh was a member of the South African Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In May 2017 it was announced he would be joining Aviva Premiership side Wasps for the 2017/18 season.[1]
2016 Summer Olympics
[edit]De Jongh was included in a 12-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2] He was named in the starting line-up for their first match in Group B of the competition against Spain, with South Africa winning the match 24–0.[3][4]
Super Rugby Statistics
[edit]- As of 21 June 2015
Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2010 | Stormers | 13 | 13 | 0 | 933 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | Stormers | 17 | 7 | 10 | 742 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | Stormers | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1280 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | Stormers | 11 | 11 | 0 | 864 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | Stormers | 12 | 11 | 1 | 895 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | Stormers | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1123 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 84 | 73 | 11 | 5837 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Wasps sign South Africa international centre Juan de Jongh from the Stormers". BBC Sport. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens squad for Olympics named". South African Rugby Union. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Men Schedule & Results – Olympic Rugby Sevens (RSA–ESP)". Rio 2016. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Olympic Games Men's Sevens, Match 2". World Rugby. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
Sources
[edit]- Juan de Jongh in, Butch James out The Guardian website
- Juan de Jongh to start for Springboks The BBC website
External links
[edit]- Juan de Jongh at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Juan de Jongh at European Professional Club Rugby
- Juan de Jongh at Premiership Rugby (archived)
- Juan de Jongh at ESPNscrum
- Juan de Jongh at ItsRugby.co.uk
- "WP rugby profile". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- Stormers profile[permanent dead link ]
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Juan de Jongh". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- Juan de Jongh at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Living people
- 1988 births
- South African rugby union players
- Stormers players
- Western Province (rugby union) players
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union players from Paarl
- South Africa international rugby union players
- South Africa international rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for South Africa
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Wasps RFC players
- 2011 Rugby World Cup players
- South African expatriate rugby union players in England
- South African rugby union biography stubs