Corne Krige
Corne Krige was born in Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia on March 21st, 1975 and is the Rugby Player. At the age of 49, Corne Krige biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Cornelius Petrus Petrus (born 21 March 1975) is a former South African rugby union player.
He played flanker for Western Province in the Currie Cup, the Stormers in Super Rugby, and captained the Springboks, South Africa's national team.
Career
Corne Krige was born in Lusaka, Zambia, on March 21, 1975, and his parents remain in the country. He was educated at Paarl Boys' High School, about 60 kilometers from Cape Town, in South Africa. He played the majority of his rugby for South African teams and now lives there.
Krige's Test debut came in 1999 after recovering from life-threatening knee and hand injuries. He captained the Springboks on his debut in a 101–0 win over Italy in Durban; two weeks later, he sustained another serious knee injury against the All Blacks in Dunedin, ending his hopes of captaining the Springboks at the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales. Krige played in 39 tests for South Africa, became the full-time captain in 2002, captained the Boks 18 times before his international retirement in January 2004.
Krige, a footballer known for his aggressive style of play, was the subject of controversies after England handed the Boks their worst loss in history in November 2002 (53–3). During the match, a barely ill South Africa side began attacking England players with physical off-the-ball drills, and match video showed Krige as the leader. In his autobiography, he later confessed to losing control after South Africa had come back from two setbacks and that he had purposefully fouled the England players. His Super Rugby career came a few weeks before he was banned for headbutting an opponent in 2004.
He spent his time in the English Premiership with Northampton Saints, signing for the 2004–05 season. At the end of the season, he resigned and moved to Cape Town to pursue company interests. In his testimonial at Newlands on June 9, 2006, Krige made one more high-profile appearance on a rugby field, captaining a Western Province XV against a World XV. Reach For A Dream, a charity that was similar to and inspired by the Make-A-Wish Foundation in the United States, was greatly benefited by the testimonial. In an exciting match that saw 12 tries in all, the World XV defeated 49–31.
Billie the B.U.M.s. was owned by Krige and his former Springbok coworkers Bobby Skinstad and Robbie Fleck. In Newlands, there are a restaurant and a cocktail bar. The restaurant has since been defunct.
When the Boks played the Australia Wallabies in the later years of Krige's captaincy, they made an unusual remark: they were born in the same hospital.