Fabian Juries
| Full name | Fabian Mark Juries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 February 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Grahamstown, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb; 168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Mary Waters, Grahamstown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Kingswood College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's rugby sevens | ||
| Representing South Africa | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| 2002 Manchester | Team competition | |
Fabian Juries (born 28 February 1979) is a South African rugby union coach and former player.
Rugby career
Juries led the World Series in tries scored in 2004 and again in 2008. He scored his 100th try against Scotland during the 2005 New Zealand Sevens tournament.[1]
In 2008, he joined the Free State Cheetahs, before moving to Western Province at the beginning of the 2010 season.[2] He was nominated for the World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year award, but lost to New Zealand’s DJ Forbes.
In 2020, he was still ranked among World Rugby's Sevens World Series' highest international try-scorers, he was ranked ninth, and was 29th in the highest point-scorer with 925 points.[3]
Coaching career
After his playing career, he was unemployed for six months before he landed a coaching job at Herbert Hurd Primary School in Port Elizabeth, where he spent five years as the Head of Rugby.[3] He also worked part-time with the Kings sevens squad and the Nigeria national rugby sevens team.[3]
Juries coached in Dubai at the Apollo Rugby Skills Academy.[3] He was appointed as the Head Coach of the Kazakhstan women's sevens and fifteens teams in 2024.[4]
Personal life
Juries married his wife, Lucinda, in 2003 and they have two daughters, Kirsten and Keshia.[3]
References
- ^ "Juries makes SA sevens history". ESPN.com. 4 February 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Juries returns to Sevens team". www.timeslive.co.za. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d e "Off the Radar: What happened to sevens legend Fabian Juries?". SA Rugby magazine. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Match Preview - Japan vs Kazakhstan AREWC 2025". RugbyAsia247. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
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External links
- WP rugby profile
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Fabian Juries". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.