Lood de Jager

Lood de Jager
	de Jager playing for South Africa in 2015
Full name	Lodewyk de Jager
Date of birth	17 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Alberton, South Africa
Height	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight	125 kg (276 lb; 19 st 10 lb)
School	Hoërskool Hugenote, Springs
University	North-West University
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Lock
Current team	Panasonic Wild Knights
Youth career
2011–2012	Leopards
Senior career
Years	Team
2012	Leopards
2013–2016	Cheetahs
2013–2014	Free State Cheetahs
2017–2019	Bulls
2019	Blue Bulls
2019–2022	Sale Sharks
2022–	Saitama Wild Knights
	Correct as of 15 July 2022
International career
Years	Team
2014–	South Africa
	Correct as of 9 August 2022
Men's Rugby union
Representing South Africa
Rugby World Cup

Lodewyk de Jager (born 17 December 1992) is a South African professional rugby union player for the South Africa national team and Sale Sharks in the English Premiership.^[1] He usually plays as a lock.

Career

De Jager played at youth level for the Leopards and also played for Potchefstroom-based university side NWU Pukke.

In 2012, he was included in the Leopards' Currie Cup squad, but failed to make an appearance. Yet, his performances in the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship earned him a move to the Free State Cheetahs and he was included in the Cheetahs final squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.^[2]

He joined the Pretoria-based Bulls on a one-year deal for the 2017 Super Rugby season.^[3]

On 24 April 2019 it was announced that he would be joining the Sale Sharks ahead of the 2019–20 Premiership season.^[4]

In May 2014, De Jager was one of eight uncapped players that were called up to a Springbok training camp prior to the 2014 mid-year rugby union internationals.^[5]

De Jager was named in South Africa's squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.^[6] South Africa won the tournament, defeating England in the final.^[7]

As of 9 October 2021

Against	P	W	D	L	Tri	Pts	%Won
Argentina	9	7	0	2	1	5	77.78
Australia	7	2	1	4	1	5	35.71
British and Irish Lions	3	2	0	1	0	0	66.67
England	3	1	0	2	0	0	33.33
France	2	2	0	0	0	0	100
Ireland	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
Italy	4	3	0	1	0	0	75
Japan	2	1	0	1	1	5	50
Namibia	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
New Zealand	8	1	0	7	0	0	12.5
Samoa	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
Scotland	3	3	0	0	2	10	100
United States	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
Wales	7	4	0	3	0	0	57.14
Total	53	29	1	23	5	25	55.66

Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Pts = Points Scored

International Tries

Try	Opposing team	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result
1	Scotland	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	Mid-year rugby test series	28 June 2014	Won 55–6
2	Scotland	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	Mid-year rugby test series	28 June 2014	Won 55–6
3	Argentina	Durban, South Africa	Kings Park Stadium	2015 Rugby Championship	8 August 2015	Lost 25–37
4	Japan	Brighton, England	Brighton Community Stadium	2015 Rugby World Cup	19 September 2015	Lost 32–34
5	Australia	Johannesburg, South Africa	Ellis Park Stadium	2019 Rugby Championship	20 July 2019	Won 35–17

^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Lood de Jager". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
^ "GW kry JP, Marnus terug". Cheetahs (in Afrikaans). Cheetahs. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
^ "Lood de Jager to join Vodacom Bulls" (Press release). Bulls. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
^ "Sale Sharks sign Springbok international Lood de Jager" (Press release). Sale Sharks. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
^ "Springbok training squad for Durban camp named". South African Rugby Union. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "South Africa World Cup squad: Siya Kolisi wins fitness battle, Eben Etzebeth backed, Aphiwe Dyantyi dropped". Independent. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
^ "England 12-32 South Africa: Springboks win World Cup for record-equalling third time". BBC. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.