Corné Fourie
Corné Fourie (born 2 September 1988) is a South African rugby union player for Gloucester in Premiership Rugby in England. He can play as a loosehead prop or hooker. He previously played for the Blue Bulls, the Pumas, the Golden Lions and Western Province domestically, for the Lions and Stormers in Super Rugby and the Panasonic Wild Knights in the Top League in Japan.
| Date of birth | 2 September 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Roodepoort, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb; 260 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hoërskool Waterkloof | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He joined the Golden Lions Currie Cup team for the 2016 season.[1]
On 9 September 2019, it was confirmed that Fourie would join Premiership Rugby side Gloucester for the 2019–20 season.[2]
External links
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Corné Fourie". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- itsrugby.co.uk profile
References
- "De Klerk and Fourie sign with Lions Rugby" (Press release). Golden Lions. 3 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- "Gloucester Rugby add depth to front row resources with signing of Corné Fourie" (Press release). Gloucester Rugby. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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