Jaco Coetzee | |
Fullname: | Abraham Jacobus Coetzee |
Birth Date: | 10 June 1996 |
Birth Place: | Pretoria, South Africa |
School: | Glenwood High School |
Position: | Number eight / Flanker |
Currentclub: | Bath Rugby |
Youthyears1: | 2013–2014 |
Youthyears2: | 2015–2017 |
Years1: | 2017–2021 |
Apps1: | 24 |
Points1: | 15 |
Years2: | 2017–2021 |
Apps2: | 36 |
Points2: | 80 |
Years3: | 2021- |
Apps3: | 5 |
Points3: | 0 |
Repyears1: | 2014 |
Repteam1: | South Africa Schools |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Clubupdate: | 31 January 2022 |
Repupdate: | 18 April 2018 |
Abraham Jacobus Coetzee (born 10 June 1996) is a South African rugby union player for English Premiership side Bath Rugby. His regular position is number eight.
Coetzee was born in Pretoria, but grew up in KwaZulu-Natal. He attended Glenwood High School, where he earned selections to represent KwaZulu-Natal at the premier high school rugby union tournament in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week in both 2013 and 2014. He scored one try in the 2013 event, in a 77–14 victory over Border, and scored three tries in 2014 – two in a 38–27 win over the Pumas and one in a 15–36 defeat to the Blue Bulls – in a tournament where he also captained the team. After the tournament, he was named in a South Africa Schools squad, also named captain of the team. He captained them to a victory over France in their first match, but sustained an ankle injury and missed the remaining two matches in the Under-18 International Series.
After high school, Coetzee moved to Cape Town to join 's academy. He scored four tries in eleven starts for the team in the 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship, and three tries in six starts for the team in the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship.
At the start of 2017, Coetzee was included in the squad for Western Province's affiliated Super Rugby team, the .[1] He was named as a replacement for their third match of the season against the, and he came on in the 70th minute of the match to make his first class and Super Rugby debut.[2]
In February 2021 it was confirmed that Coetzee would join English Premiership Rugby side Bath ahead of the 2021–22 season.[3]