Cobus Visagie

Cobus Visagie (born 31 October 1973) is a South African former rugby union footballer who played at tighthead prop.[1][2]

Cobus Visagie
Birth nameIzak Jacobus Visagie
Date of birth (1973-10-31) 31 October 1973
Place of birthStellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight118 kg (260 lb)
SchoolPaul Roos Gymnasium, Stellenbosch
UniversityStellenbosch University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2003–2009 Saracens 121 (0)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1997–2003 Western Province 42 ()
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
1998–2003 Stormers 46 (5)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1999–2003 South Africa 29 (0)

Early life

Visagie attended the Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch and then studied Auditing and Accounting at Stellenbosch University, where he also played for Maties (Stellenbosch University) and Western Province Rugby representing the under–20 and under–21 teams.

Visagie finished his Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Accounting and Audit at Stellenbosch University in 1996.[3] He worked seven years for PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Chartered Accountant, whilst playing professional rugby.[4]

Playing career

Visagie made is provincial rugby debut for Western Province in 1997 and continued ti represent the union as well as the Super Rugby team, the Stormers until 2003.

Visagie won three Currie Cups with Western Province Rugby, the last in 2001 with a home win (at Newlands, Cape Town) over the Natal Sharks. He also earned 46 Super 12 caps with the Stormers.[5] He earned 29 caps for his country and was part of the Springbok team that reached the 1999 Rugby World Cup Semi Final. He was selected to the team of the tournament with fellow Springbok frontrow Os du Randt.

Visagie moved to the United Kingdom to play for the English Premiership club Saracens after being passed over for the 2003 World Cup Springbok squad.[6] He played 121 games for Saracens and was voted into the Guinness Premiership team of the season for three consecutive years. He also represented the Barbarians (8 caps), World XV (3 caps) and the Southern Hemisphere XV that played in the Tsunami Relief game at Twickenham, before retiring from professional rugby in May 2009.[7][8]

Test history
No.OppositionResult (SA 1st)PositionTriesDateVenue
1. Italy74–3Tighthead prop12 Jun 1999Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
2. Wales19–29Tighthead prop26 Jun 1998Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
3. New Zealand0–28Tighthead prop10 Jul 1999Carisbrook, Dunedin
4. Australia6–32Tighthead prop17 Jul 1999Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
5. New Zealand18–34Tighthead prop7 Aug 1999Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
6. Australia10–9Tighthead prop14 Aug 1999Newlands, Cape Town
7. Scotland46–29Tighthead prop3 Oct 1999Murrayfield, Edinburgh
8. Uruguay39–3Tighthead prop15 Oct 1999Hampden Park, Glasgow
9. England44–21Tighthead prop24 Oct 1999Stade de France, Paris
10. Australia21–27Tighthead prop30 Oct 1999Twickenham, London
11. New Zealand22–18Tighthead prop4 Nov 1999Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
12. Canada51–18Tighthead prop10 Jun 2000Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London
13. England22–27Tighthead prop24 Jun 2000Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
14. Australia23–44Tighthead prop8 Jul 2000Colonial Stadium, Melbourne
15. New Zealand12–25Tighthead prop22 Jul 2000Lancaster Park, Christchurch
16. Australia6–26Tighthead prop29 Jul 2000Stadium Australia, Sydney
17. New Zealand46–40Tighthead prop19 Aug 2000Ellis Park, Johannesburg
18. Australia18–19Tighthead prop26 Aug 2000Kings Park, Durban
19. New Zealand3–12Tighthead prop21 Jul 2001Newlands, Cape Town
20. Australia20–15Tighthead prop28 Jul 2001Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
21. Australia14–14Tighthead prop18 Aug 2001Subiaco Oval, Perth
22. New Zealand15–26Tighthead prop25 Aug 2001Eden Park, Auckland
23. France10–20Tighthead prop10 Nov 2001Stade de France, Paris
24. Italy54–26Substitute17 Nov 2001Stadio Marassi, Genova
25. England9–29Substitute24 Nov 2001Twickenham, London
26. United States43–20Tighthead prop1 Dec 2001Robertson Stadium, Houston
27. Scotland29–25Substitute7 Jun 2003Kings Park, Durban
28. Scotland28–19Substitute14 Jun 2003Ellis Park, Johannesburg
29. Argentina26–25Tighthead prop28 Jun 2003Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Later career

Visagie joined Premier Team Holdings Limited as Commercial Director of the Group of four companies based in the United Kingdom. In 2011, he was appointed Principal for Africa at Templewood Merchant Bank.[4]The following year, he co-founded Africa Merchant Capital, based in London to focus exclusively on corporate finance advisory, private equity deal origination and syndication in Sub-Saharan Africa.[9]

Accolades

Visagie was one of the five South African Rugby players of the Year for 1999, along with Breyton Paulse, Joost van der Westhuizen, Hennie le Roux and the eventual winner of Player of the Year, Andre Venter.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Izak Jacobus Visagie". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  2. "Cobus VISAGIE - International rugby matches. - South Africa". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  3. Van der Merwe, Floris (2007). Matieland is rugbyland, 1980-2006. Stellenbosch: SUN Press. pp. 181–182. ISBN 9781920109790. OCLC 190836768.
  4. Team, The Editorial (2019-07-08). "Exclusive Interview: Cobus Visagie, Chief Executive Officer, Africa Merchant Capital Limited". Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  5. "Cobus VISAGIE - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  6. "Saracens sign Cobus Visagie". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  7. "Gregan and Co make serious point". The Independent. 2005-03-06. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  8. "Cobus Visagie to hang up his boots". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  9. "Big-tackling ex-Springbok rugby player Cobus Visagie starts Africa fund". African Business Central. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  10. Colquhoun, Andy (2001). The South African Rugby Annual 2001. Cape Town: SARFU & MWP Media Sport. p. 41. ISBN 0958423180.

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