Joe Pietersen
| Full name | Johan Christiaan Pietersen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 May 1984 Vryheid, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (12 st 11 lb; 179 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Grey College, Bloemfontein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Stellenbosch University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johan Christiaan Pietersen (born 18 May 1984) is a South African former rugby union player who also played as the fly-half for the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR).
Professional career
[edit | edit source]He started his career at Western Province, playing for them in the domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions, as well as representing the Stormers in Super Rugby. In 2010, he joined Bayonne in France, but on 4 Nov 2011, he rejoined Western Province on a 2-year deal.[1]
After a second spell in France with Biarritz, he returned to South Africa to join Bloemfontein-based side the Free State Cheetahs in 2014.[2] After just six months, he moved to Durban to join the Sharks.[3]
He joined Japanese side Kamaishi Seawaves prior to the 2016–2017 Top East League season.[4]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Stormers profile
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- itsrugby.co.uk profile
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Afrikaner people
- Alumni of Grey College, Bloemfontein
- Aviron Bayonnais players
- South African expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- South African expatriate rugby union players in the United States
- Nippon Steel Kamaishi Seawaves players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- San Diego Legion players
- South Africa international rugby sevens players
- Stellenbosch University alumni
- Stormers players
- Biarritz Olympique players
- Cheetahs (rugby union) players
- Sharks (rugby union) players
- South African rugby union players
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Rugby union wings
- South African expatriate rugby union players in France
- People from Vryheid
- Rugby union players from KwaZulu-Natal
- South African rugby union biography, 1980s birth stubs