Francois Venter
| Full name | Jacobus Francois Venter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 April 1991 Bloemfontein, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb; 205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Grey College, Bloemfontein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jacobus Francois Venter (born 19 April 1991) is a South African rugby union player. He usually plays as an inside-centre.
He previously played for the Cheetahs in the Pro14 and the Free State Cheetahs and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup.
Club career
[edit | edit source]In July 2013, it was announced that he would join the Cheetahs prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season on a two-year deal.[1] He was subsequently included in the Cheetahs squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season[2] and made his Cheetahs debut in a 21–20 defeat to the Lions in Bloemfontein.[3][4]
In March 2018, it was announced that Venter would join English Premiership side Worcester Warriors on a two-year contract from the 2018–19 season.[5] On 5 October 2022 all Worcester players had their contacts terminated due to the liquidation of the company to which they were contracted.[6]
Venter signed for the Sharks following Worcester’s liquidation.[7]
International career
[edit | edit source]He was a member of the South Africa Under 20 team that competed in the 2010 and 2011 IRB Junior World Championships.[8][9]
In 2016, Venter was included in a South Africa 'A' squad that played a two-match series against a touring England Saxons team.[10] He was named in the starting line-up for their first match in Bloemfontein,[11] but ended on the losing side as the visitors ran out 32–24 winners.[12] He also started the second match of the series, scoring a try five minutes into the second half of a 26–29 defeat to the Saxons in George.[13]
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External links
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- Bulls profile
- itsrugby.co.uk profile
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- Living people
- 1991 births
- South African rugby union players
- Rugby union centres
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- Cheetahs (rugby union) players
- Afrikaner people
- Rugby union players from Bloemfontein
- Alumni of Grey College, Bloemfontein
- South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players
- South Africa international rugby union players
- Worcester Warriors players
- Sharks (rugby union) players
- South African expatriate rugby union players in England
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- South African rugby union biography, 1990s birth stubs