Abraham Jacobus Coetzee (born 10 June 1996) is a South African rugby union player for English Premiership side

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. His regular position is number eight.

Rugby career

2013–2014: Youth rugby

Coetzee was born in Pretoria, but grew up in

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. He attended Glenwood High School, where he earned selections to represent KwaZulu-Natal at the premier high school rugby union tournament in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week in both 2013 and 2014. He scored one try in the 2013 event, in a 77–14 victory over Border, and scored three tries in 2014 – two in a 38–27 win over the Pumas and one in a 15–36 defeat to the Blue Bulls – in a tournament where he also captained the team. After the tournament, he was named in a South Africa Schools squad, also named captain of the team. He captained them to a victory over France in their first match, but sustained an ankle injury and missed the remaining two matches in the Under-18 International Series.

2015–2016: Western Province Under-19 and Under-21

After high school, Coetzee moved to Cape Town to join 's academy. He scored four tries in eleven starts for the team in the 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship, and three tries in six starts for the team in the

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2017: Stormers

At the start of

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, Coetzee was included in the squad for Western Province's affiliated

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team, the . He was named as a replacement for their third match of the season against the , and he came on in the 70th minute of the match to make his first class and Super Rugby debut.

2021: Bath Rugby

In February 2021 it was confirmed that Coetzee would join English Premiership Rugby side

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ahead of the 2021–22 season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coetzee, Jaco South African rugby union players Living people 1996 births Rugby union players from Pretoria Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights Stormers players Western Province (rugby union) players Bath Rugby players Rugby sevens players at the 2014 African Youth Games Alumni of Glenwood High School (Durban) South African expatriate rugby union players in England