Lodewyk de Jager (born 17 December 1992) is a South African professional
rugby union
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player for the
South Africa national team and in the English
Premiership.
He usually plays as a
lock
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.
Career
De Jager played at youth level for the and also played for
Potchefstroom
Potchefstroom (, colloquially known as Potch) is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooi Rivier (Afrikaans for "pretty river" ...
-based university side .
In 2012, he was included in the Leopards'
Currie Cup
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squad, but failed to make an appearance. Yet, his performances in the
2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship
The 2012 ABSA Under-21 Provincial Championship will be contested from 13 July to 27 October 2012. The tournament will feature the Under-21 players from the fourteen provincial rugby unions in South Africa.
Competition
Division A
There are seven p ...
earned him a move to the and he was included in the final squad for the
2013 Super Rugby season
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.
He joined the
Pretoria
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Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...
-based on a one-year deal for the
2017 Super Rugby season
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.
On 24 April 2019 it was announced that he would be joining the
Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks is a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
Originally founded in 1861 as Sale Football Club, now a distinct amateur club, they adopted the n ...
ahead of the 2019–20
Premiership season.
International career
In May 2014, De Jager was one of eight uncapped players that were called up to a
Springbok
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training camp prior to the
2014 mid-year rugby union internationals.
De Jager was named in South Africa's squad for the
2019 Rugby World Cup
The 2019 Rugby World Cup was the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby union teams. It was hosted in Japan from 20 September to 2 November in 12 venues all across the country. The opening match ...
. South Africa won the tournament, defeating
England
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in the final.
International statistics
Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Pts = Points Scored
International Tries
References
External links
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South African rugby union players
South Africa international rugby union players
Cheetahs (rugby union) players
Free State Cheetahs players
Leopards (rugby union) players
Bulls (rugby union) players
Blue Bulls players
Sale Sharks players
Living people
1992 births
Rugby union locks
Afrikaner people
People from Alberton, Gauteng
Barbarian F.C. players
Rugby union players from Gauteng
Saitama Wild Knights players