Full name Gerrit Jacobus Visagie Weight 105 kg Height 1.88 m | Playing position Role Rugby Player Name Jaco Visagie | |
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School(s) attended Augsburg Agricultural Gymnasium,Clanwilliam | ||
Jaco Visagie
Gerrit Jacobus Visagie (born 8 July 1992 in Cape Town) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Bulls in Super Rugby and the Blue Bulls in Currie Cup rugby. His regular position is hooker.
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Vodacom Bulls Player Profile with Jaco Visagie
Youth
Visagie represented the Boland Under-16 side at the 2008 Grant Khomo Week and the Under-18 side at the 2010 Craven Week competition. In 2010, he played for the Boland U19 side in the 2010 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition, making two appearances.
He then relocated to Pretoria to join the Blue Bulls, where he played regular rugby for the Blue Bulls U19 side that made it to the final of the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition before losing out to the Golden Lions U19 side. He also played for the Blue Bulls U21 side in the 2012 and 2013 Under-21 competitions, winning the competition in the former season and ending as runners-up in the latter.
He also played Varsity Cup rugby for UP Tuks in their title-winning 2013 season, as well as in 2014. He was initially named in a Varsity Cup Dream Team at the conclusion of the 2015 Varsity Cup tournament, but withdrew and was replaced by Elandré Huggett.
Blue Bulls
Visagie's senior debut came during the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition, coming on as a substitute against the Pumas. He made a further two appearances in that competition. He also made his Currie Cup during the same season, when he came on as a substitute against the Golden Lions at Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg.
His first start in a first class match came in the Blue Bulls' 2014 Vodacom Cup match against the Pumas.
He was also included in the Bulls training squad prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season, but wasn't included in the final squad.