Johan Goosen

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Johan Goosen
Personal information
Full nameJohannes Lodewikus Goosen
Born (1992-07-27) 27 July 1992
Burgersdorp, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
School(s) attendedGrey College, Bloemfontein
Club information
Playing positionFly-Half
Current clubFree State Cheetahs / Cheetahs
Youth career
2005Border
2008–10Free State Cheetahs
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Pts)
2011–Free State Cheetahs18(143)
2012–Cheetahs13(188)
Representative team(s)
2011South Africa U205(79)
2012–South Africa4(8)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 20 October 2013.

† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 30 July 2013.

Johan Goosen (born 27 July 1992) is a South African rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half for the Cheetahs in both Super Rugby and the Currie Cup.

He was a member of the South Africa Under 20 team that competed in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship[1] and was also named in the squad for the 2012 tournament, but had to withdraw due to a shoulder injury sustained on 28 April in a Super Rugby match against the Highlanders.[2] At the time of his injury, Goosen was the leading points scorer in his debut season of super rugby with 145 points from 9 games. The total included 3 tries, 17 conversions, 31 penalties and a drop goal.[3]

Springbok career

Goosen made his South African debut on 8 September 2012 against Australia in a 26–19 defeat in Perth. He came off the bench as replacement fly half for Morné Steyn in the 59th minute of the game. The following two weekends he was in the starting line-up for the Springboks as fly-half, where he performed well. Unfortunately he suffered a knee injury on 18 March 2013 during a Cheetah training session in Sydney[4] and will also miss the rest of the Springboks' Test matches in 2013.

Reference List

  1. "SA Under-20 squad named". Sport24. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013. 
  2. "Johan Goosen ruled out of Super Rugby". SuperXV.com. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2013. 
  3. "Goosen blow for SA Rugby". Sport24. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013. 
  4. "Goosen injures knee ligaments in Australia". ESPN Scrum. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013. 

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