JW Jonker
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jacobus Willem Jonker | ||
| Born | 19 March 1987 Bloemfontein, South Africa |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Grey College, Bloemfontein | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Centre | ||
| Current club | Griquas | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–07 | Free State Cheetahs | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2006–10 | Free State Cheetahs | 65 | (90) |
| 2008–09 | Cheetahs | 16 | (30) |
| 2010 | → Griffons | 4 | (30) |
| 2011–14 | Pumas | 56 | (115) |
| 2014 | Lions | 11 | (0) |
| 2015 | Cheetahs | 0 | (0) |
| 2015– | Griquas | 3 | (10) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2007 | S.A. Students | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | South African Barbarians (North) | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 20 May 2015. |
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Jacobus Willem Jonker (born 19 March 1987) is a South African rugby union footballer currently playing with Griquas.[1][2]
Rugby career
He plays mostly as a centre. He represented the Cheetahs in Super Rugby and the Free State Cheetahs. Griffons and Pumas in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup.
Jonker announced his retirement in 2013 due to a chronic ankle injury, aged 25.[3] However, he returned to the playing field in 2014 and was included in the Lions squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season.[4]
He played the remainder of the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season for the Pumas before signing a contract to join Griquas for the 2015 season and play for the Cheetahs in the 2015 Super Rugby season.[5]
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