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Cornelius Petrus Johannes "Corné" Krige (born 21 March 1975) is a retired South African
rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
player. He played flanker for
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in the Currie Cup, the Stormers in Super Rugby and captained the South African national side, the
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.


Career

Corne Krige was born on 21 March 1975 in Lusaka,
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and his parents still reside in that country. He was schooled in South Africa at Paarl Boys' High School, about 60 km from
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. He played most of his rugby for South African teams, and resides there. Krige's Test debut came in 1999 after recovering from career-threatening knee and hand injuries. He captained the Springboks on his test debut in a 101–0 victory over
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in
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; two weeks later he suffered another serious knee injury against the
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in
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which ended his hopes of captaining the Springboks at the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales. Krige appeared in 39 tests for South Africa, became the full-time captain in 2002,"Krige quits Test rugby"
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'', 13 January 2004. and captained the Boks 18 times in all"Saints seal Krige deal"
''BBC'', 26 July 2004. before his international retirement in January 2004. Known for aggressive style of play, Krige was the subject of controversy after the November 2002 Test against
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at
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that saw England hand the Boks the worst defeat in their history (53–3). During the match, an increasingly frustrated South Africa side began targeting England players with physical off-the-ball attacks, and match footage showed Krige as the leader. He later admitted in his autobiography that he had lost control as South Africa had gone into the match on the back of two defeats and that he had intentionally fouled the England players. His Super Rugby career then ended several weeks early when he was handed an eight-week ban for head-butting an opponent in 2004. He finished his career in the
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with
Northampton Saints Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Rugby Football Club) is a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. They were formed in 1880 as "Northampton St. James", ...
, signing for the 2004–05 season. He retired at the end of that season and returned to Cape Town to pursue business interests."Saints star Krige to quit playing"
''BBC'', 10 February 2005. Krige made one more high-profile appearance on a rugby field, captaining a Western Province XV against a
World XV A World XV is a rugby union team organised on an unofficial, ''ad hoc'' basis and typically composed of invited players from various countries. Several World XVs have been arranged by various bodies, often to take part in celebration and testimoni ...
in his testimonial at Newlands on 9 June 2006. The testimonial highly benefite
Reach For A Dream
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, ''iafrica.com'', 8 June 2006. a charity similar to and inspired by the
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in the United States. The World XV won 49–31 in an entertaining match that saw 12 tries in all.Grant Shub
"World XV triumph, but Krige signs-off in style"
, ''SARugby.com'', 10 June 2006. Krige and former Springbok teammates Bobby Skinstad and Robbie Fleck were business partners, owning Billie the B.U.M.S. Restaurant and a Cocktail Bar in Newlands. The restaurant has since closed. When the Boks played the Australia Wallabies during the later years of Krige's captaincy, he and Wallabies captain
George Gregan George Musarurwa Gregan AM (born 19 April 1973) is a retired Australian rugby union player, and is currently Australia's most capped international player. Gregan was born in Lusaka, Zambia. He played Super 12 (now Super Rugby) for the Brumbies ...
shared an unusual distinction: they were born in the same hospital."Captain Courageous: Corné Krige"
''TheGoal.com'', retrieved 26 June 2006.
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'', 6 October 2003.


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, list1 = * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krige, Corne Afrikaner people Zambian emigrants to South Africa South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players Rugby union flankers Northampton Saints players Western Province (rugby union) players Stormers players 1975 births Living people Alumni of Paarl Boys' High School Sportspeople from Lusaka Barbarian F.C. players White Zambian people