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Corné Fourie

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Corné Fourie
Date of birth (1988-09-02) 2 September 1988 (age 36)
Place of birthRoodepoort, South Africa
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Weight118 kg (18 st 8 lb; 260 lb)
SchoolHoërskool Waterkloof
UniversityUniversity of South Africa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop / Hooker
Current team Template:Rut Pumas
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008–2011 Template:Rut UP Tuks 14 (0)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–2011 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 16 (15)
2012–2015 Template:Rut Pumas 72 (30)
2014–2018 Template:Rut Lions 64 (30)
2016–2018 Template:Rut Golden Lions XV 7 (10)
2016–2018 Template:Rut Golden Lions 15 (15)
2018–2019 Panasonic Wild Knights 3 (0)
2019 Template:Rut Stormers 16 (0)
2019 Template:Rut Western Province 6 (0)
2019–2021 Template:Rut Gloucester 13 (0)
2021– Template:Rut Pumas 1 (0)
Correct as of 8 September 2021
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008 South Africa Under-20 4 (0)
2012 South African Barbarians 1 (0)
Correct as of 16 April 2018

Corné Fourie (born 2 September 1988) is a South African rugby union player. He can play as a loosehead prop or hooker. He previously played for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls, the Template:Rut Pumas, the Template:Rut Golden Lions and Template:Rut Western Province domestically, for the Template:Rut Lions and Template:Rut Stormers in Super Rugby, the Panasonic Wild Knights in the Top League in Japan and Gloucester in the English Premiership Rugby.

He joined the Template:Rut Golden Lions Currie Cup team for the 2016 season.[1]

On 9 September 2019, it was confirmed that Fourie would join Premiership Rugby side Gloucester for the 2019–20 season.[2] He left on 9 April 2021.[3]

  • "SA Rugby Player Profile – Corné Fourie". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  • itsrugby.co.uk profile

References

  1. ^ "De Klerk and Fourie sign with Lions Rugby" (Press release). Golden Lions. 3 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Gloucester Rugby add depth to front row resources with signing of Corné Fourie" (Press release). Gloucester Rugby. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Corné Fourie departs Gloucester Rugby". Gloucester Rugby. Retrieved 9 April 2021.