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Jaque Fourie (born 4 March 1983) is a South African former professional
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player. He was a versatile backline player whose usual position was in the centres. He was a member of the
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winning team, playing at outside centre for 6 out of 7 matches, including all 80 minutes of the World Cup Final, which South Africa won 15–6.


Career

Fourie made his international debut on 11 October at the
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at outside centre for the Springboks against
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at
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in
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, and scored a try on debut. He also played against
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during the pool stages, scoring another try. He was a reserve for subsequent World Cup games against
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and the
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. He next played for the Springboks in June 2004, playing on the left wing against
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, which South Africa won 26–17. He played a further three times for the Springboks that year; against
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in November as well as a match against
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at
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in
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. The following year he played in the IRB Rugby Aid Match and was a reserve for the Springboks against Uruguay and
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in June, before being included in the Springboks 2005 Tri Nations Series. He played in a further three tests that November. In 2006, he played for the Springboks during the mid year tests and after that he became the first-choice outside centre in the side, usually playing alongside
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(at inside centre). On 20 October 2007 he won a Rugby World Cup winners' medal when South Africa beat England 15–6 in the
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final in Paris. After playing much of 2008 and the 2009 series against the
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off the bench, he was back in the starting team for the 2009 Tri-Nations campaign (won by South Africa). He played his 50th test match for South Africa in a 6–21 loss to Australia in Brisbane on 5 September 2009. In March 2010 a try scored by Fourie was named as the International Rugby Players Association Try of the Year 2009. The try, scored in the 74th minute of the second Test against the British & Irish Lions in Pretoria in June, sealed a dramatic
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victory for the Springboks. In March 2017, Fourie was named as part of a new re-branded
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team to play in the new World Series Rugby in the lead up to the National Rugby Championship.


International Tries

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References


External links


Stormers profile
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Springbok Hall of Fame
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