Marcell Coetzee
Full name | Marcell Cornelius Coetzee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Potchefstroom, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 116 kg (18 st 4 lb; 256 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Port Natal High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marcell Cornelius Coetzee (born 8 May 1991) is a South African rugby union player who plays for South African side the Blue Bulls. He plays as a flanker.
South Africa[]
Coetzee made his debut in Super Rugby for the Sharks against the Brumbies on Saturday 7 May 2011.[2] He has offloading skills that have been likened to those of Sonny Bill Williams.[3]
Heyneke Meyer, Springboks coach, included him in the national squad to face England in a test series where Coetzee made his Springbok test debut on 9 June 2012 in Durban.[4]
Top League[]
Coetzee joined Japanese Top League side Honda Heat for the 2015–2016 season.[5]
Ulster Rugby[]
In February 2016, it was announced that he would join Irish Pro12 side Ulster on a three-year deal starting in the 2016–2017 season.[6] Coetzee featured sparingly in his first two seasons with Ulster, due to recurring knee injury problems.[7] Coetzee was the 2020–21 joint top try-scorer (9) and the 2020–21 Pro14 Players' Player of the Season in his final season with Ulster.[8]
Return to South Africa[]
In December 2020 the Bulls confirmed that Coetzee would join the franchise in June 2021 on a three-year deal.[9]
Springbok statistics[]
Test Match Record[]
Against | Pld | W | D | L | Tri | Con | Pen | DG | Pts | %Won |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 75 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 50 |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 50 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 100 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 65.38 |
Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Con = Conversions, Pen = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points Scored
International Tries[]
Try | Opposing team | Location | Venue | Competition | Date | Result |
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1 | ![]() |
Cape Town, South Africa | Newlands Stadium | 2012 Rugby Championship | 18 August 2012 | Won 27-6 |
2 | ![]() |
Port Elizabeth, South Africa | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Mid-year rugby test series | 28 June 2014 | Won 55-6 |
3 | ![]() |
Port Elizabeth, South Africa | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Mid-year rugby test series | 28 June 2014 | Won 55-6 |
4 | ![]() |
Salta, Argentina | Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena | 2014 Rugby Championship | 23 August 2014 | Won 33-31 |
5 | ![]() |
Cape Town, South Africa | Newlands Stadium | 2014 Rugby Championship | 27 September 2014 | Won 28-10 |
6 | ![]() |
Dublin, Ireland | Aviva Stadium | End-of-year rugby test series | 8 November 2014 | Lost 15-29 |
References[]
- ^ https://www.ulsterrugby.com/team/senior-team
- ^ "Marcell Coetzee included in Sharks 22". The Sharks Academy. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ "System mirrors our place behind South Africa and New Zealand | The Australian". Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
- ^ http://www.springboksupporter.co.za/SARU/Player-Profiles/Marcell-Coetzee.aspx
- ^ "新加入選手のお知らせ" (Press release) (in Japanese). Honda Heat. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "Marcell Coetzee signing confirmed" (Press release). Ulster Rugby. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ Ulster flanker Marcell Coetzee ruled out for nine months, BBC Sport, 13 October 2017.
- ^ "Ulster's Coetzee named Pro14 Players' Player of the Season". the42. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Bulls confirm high-profile Marcell Coetzee signing". planet rugby. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
External links[]
- Ulster Profile
- Sharks Profile
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Marcell Coetzee". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- Coetzee's profile on itsrugby.co.uk
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Afrikaner people
- Blue Bulls players
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Ireland
- Mie Honda Heat players
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union players from Potchefstroom
- Sharks (Currie Cup) players
- Sharks (rugby union) players
- South Africa international rugby union players
- South African expatriate rugby union players
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Ireland
- South African people of Dutch descent
- South African rugby union players
- Ulster Rugby players
- White South African people
- South African rugby union biography stubs