Marius Charl Joubert (born 10 July 1979 in

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, Western Cape) is a South African

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player who played as a

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for Stormers in

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. He has previously played for the

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and Western Province in the

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and the

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and the

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. Joubert was educated at Paarl Gimnasium, alongside current Springboks and former Western Province and

teammates De Wet Barry and Jean de Villiers. A few years later, the same school produced another current Springbok star in

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. Joubert started his career at the

where he played from 1999 to 2001 when he joined Western Province from 2002 to 2006. He made his debut for South Africa against

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in 2001 and in that very game, picked up a serious knee injury. Despite several injury setbacks (one of which, a badly damaged shoulder, kept him out of the 2003 World Cup), Joubert continued to develop into a world-class

. He was a member of the 2004 Springbok squad that won the Tri-Nations. In the Boks' home match at Ellis Park in

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against the All Blacks, he became only the second Springbok in history (after Ray Mordt in 1981) to score a hat-trick of tries against the

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. Joubert was also for a time South Africa's leading try scorer in Tri Nations play, with six tries, before being overtaken by Breyton Paulse. During the 2006 Super 14 season. Joubert's form dipped dramatically due to several injury problems. Firstly he struggled with a back injury that kept him from playing in the Currie Cup. He then sustained a back injury that kept him out of the Currie Cup and the Springboks' year-end tour to Argentina, Wales and France. He returned to play for the Stormers in the Super 14, only to break his hand in their final fixture. On 11 September 2006, the Cheetahs announced that Joubert had signed for them for the upcoming 2007 season, thus ending Joubert's 5-year association with the

and Western Province Rugby Union. Joubert won the 2007 Currie Cup with the

and the

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French Championship with

. Joubert is 6'3"/1.91 m and weighs 202 lb/91.5 kg.

Honours

* 2004 Tri-Nations winner (

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) * 2007 Currie Cup winner (

) *

French Champions:

References

External links

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