Jean de Villiers

As of October 31, 2013 National: November 25, 2013

Jean de Villiers ( born February 24, 1981 in Paarl ) is a South African rugby union player who plays as an internal three-quarter for the South African national team and the Irish province of Munster. It was founded in 2007 with the " Springboks " world champion.

Career

De Villiers made ​​for the first time in the jersey of the 7 national attention. With this selection, he finished second in the IRB Sevens World Series and third in the Commonwealth Games in 2002. During the same year, he won the Under-21s in South Africa the World Cup. Because of its outstanding performance in this World Cup it was first used in November 2002 in the national team against New Zealand Lord. After five minutes he was injured but hard on knees and fell over a year out.

De Villiers came back in 2004 in the ranks of the national team and celebrated the second title in the Tri Nations. In 2006, he was first set up as a captain when South Africa hit a World XI. At the 2007 World Championships he was also part of the squad, but a re-injury put him after the first group game against Samoa out of action, so that he could go no further contribute to a successful tournament.

After disappointing running Tri Nations de Villiers has been nominated for the squad for the November internationals 2008. It succeeded the South Africans to win all games against the British selections, among other things were added England the heaviest home defeat of the story. In 2009 he was part of the squad in South Africa during the meeting with the British and Irish Lions. The Springboks won the series 2-1 and also secured the third title in the Tri Nations in the same year.