Johan Goosen

Johan Goosen
Personal information
Full nameJohannes Lodewikus Goosen
Born27 July 1992
Burgersdorp, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
School(s) attendedGrey College, Bloemfontein
Club information
Playing positionFly-Half
Current clubRacing Métro
Youth career
2005Border
2008–10Free State Cheetahs
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Pts)
2011–14Free State Cheetahs18(143)
2012–14Cheetahs27(331)
2014–Racing Métro21(101)
Representative team(s)
2011S.A. Under-205(79)
2012–South Africa6(8)
2014Springbok XV1(9)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 5 April 2015.

† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 5 April 2015.

Johannes Lodewikus Goosen (born 27 July 1992) is a South African rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half for Racing Métro in the French Top 14.

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]

Goosen signed a three-year deal with French Top 14 side Racing Métro for the 2014–15 Top 14 season.[4]

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[5] and he also missed 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 au Racing Métro" (in French). BFMTV. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  5. "Goosen injures knee ligaments in Australia". ESPN Scrum. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.

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