Jacques Burger

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Jacques Burger
Date of birth (1983-07-29) 29 July 1983 (age 40)
Place of birthWindhoek, South West Africa
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb; 16 st 7 lb) [1]
SchoolWindhoek High School
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2005–07
2007–08
2008–10
2010–16
Wildeklawer Griquas
Aurillac
Blue Bulls
Saracens
29
28
25
100
(20)
(5)
(10)
(10)
Correct as of 28 August 2015
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008–10 Bulls 2 (0)
Correct as of 15 July 2013
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004–15 Namibia 41 (40)
Correct as of 7 October 2015

Jacques Burger (born 29 July 1983 in

Aviva Premiership
.

Club career

He played for

English Premiership following his arrival midway through the 2009/10 season – being named the Saracens Player of the Year in 2010/11.[1]. During his time at Saracens he won two Premiership titles in 2011 and 2015. Burger started both finals.[2][3] He retired from professional rugby at the end of the 2015/2016 season.[4]

He has previously played for the

Bulls. He played in France, in Aurillac in the 2007/08 season. Burger was brought in by Brendan Venter as a replacement for Wikus van der Heerden, who returned to South Africa
.

International career

He was captain of the Namibia national rugby union team and made his international debut against Zambia in 2004. He participated with the squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup and 2011 Rugby World Cup.[5] At the 2011 Rugby World Cup, the IRB's Rugby News Service listed Jacques Burger as one of the top 5 players of the tournament. Rugby News Service stated that Burger was "consistently the shining light in his side" and that "even as opposition scores mounted, the 28-year-old continued to tirelessly throw himself into the tackle and threaten turnover ball in the rucks."[6]

Following a concussion versus Georgia in the 2015 Rugby World Cup Burger announced his retirement from international rugby.[7]

Private life

Burger resides in Stampriet. He works on the family farm, raising livestock.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby – Saracens". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Leicester 18-22 Saracens". BBC. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Premiership final: Bath 16-28 Saracens". BBC. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Saracens great Jacques Burger announces retirement".
  5. ^ "Player Profile". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  6. ^ "Top five players of RWC 2011". Archived from the original on 12 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Concussion ends Burger's Namibia career". 8 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Namibian rugby at a standstill - Burger". The Namibian. Nampa. 28 January 2020.