Springbok no. 735 · Inside Centre

Jean de Villiers

Jean de Villiers · WP, Munster

109Tests

27Tries

13Tours

21Age at debut

Test career

200220082015

First test

9 Nov 2002, age 21 · Outside Centre v France, Stade Velodrome, Marseilles

Last test

26 Sep 2015, age 34 · Outside Centre v Samoa, Villa Park, Birmingham

Biography

Jean de Villiers was a strong, skilful centre and a respected captain who won 109 caps between 2002 and 2015. Born in Paarl on 24 February 1981 and educated at Paarl Gimnasium, he played for Western Province and Munster.

After a knee injury five minutes into his debut, he returned in 2004 and was joint top try-scorer in the Tri Nations. He was part of the 2007 World Cup squad and the 2009 series win over the British and Irish Lions, and captained South Africa 37 times from 2012. He scored 27 Test tries and played at three World Cups.

Test history

109 tests · 37 as captain · 135 points

Date	Opponent	Venue	Position	Result	Province
09 Nov 2002	France	Stade Velodrome, Marseilles	Outside Centre	L 10–30	WP
17 Jul 2004	Pacific Islands	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford	Left Wing	W 38–24	WP
24 Jul 2004	New Zealand	Lancaster Park (Jade stadium), Christchurch	Left Wing	L 21–23	WP
31 Jul 2004	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Left Wing	L 26–30	WP
14 Aug 2004	New Zealand	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Left Wing	W 40–26	WP
21 Aug 2004	Australia	Kings Park, Durban	Left Wing	W 23–19	WP
06 Nov 2004	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Reserve	W 38–36	WP
20 Nov 2004	England	Twickenham, London	Left Wing	L 16–32	WP
11 Jun 2005	Uruguay	Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London	Inside Centre	W 134–3	WP
18 Jun 2005	France	Kings Park, Durban	Right Wing	D 30–30	WP
25 Jun 2005	France	Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth	Right Wing	W 27–13	WP
09 Jul 2005	Australia	Stadium Australia, Sydney	Right Wing	L 12–30	WP
23 Jul 2005	Australia	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Inside Centre	W 33–20	WP
30 Jul 2005	Australia	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Inside Centre	W 22–16	WP
06 Aug 2005	New Zealand	Newlands, Cape Town	Inside Centre	W 22–16	WP
20 Aug 2005	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Inside Centre	W 22–19	WP
27 Aug 2005	New Zealand	Carisbrook, Dunedin	Right Wing	L 27–31	WP
05 Nov 2005	Argentina	Vélez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires	Inside Centre	W 34–23	WP
19 Nov 2005	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Inside Centre	W 33–16	WP
26 Nov 2005	France	Stade de France, Paris	Inside Centre	L 20–26	WP
10 Jun 2006	Scotland	Kings Park, Durban	Inside Centre	W 36–16	WP
26 Aug 2006	New Zealand	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Inside Centre	L 26–45	WP
02 Sep 2006	New Zealand	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg	Inside Centre	W 21–20	WP
09 Sep 2006	Australia	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Inside Centre	W 24–16	WP
11 Nov 2006	Ireland	Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin	Inside Centre	L 15–32	WP
18 Nov 2006	England	Twickenham, London	Inside Centre	L 21–23	WP
25 Nov 2006	England	Twickenham, London	Inside Centre	W 25–14	WP
26 May 2007	England	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Inside Centre	W 58–10	WP
02 Jun 2007	England	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Inside Centre	W 55–22	WP
16 Jun 2007	Australia	Newlands, Cape Town	Inside Centre	W 22–19	WP
23 Jun 2007	New Zealand	Kings Park, Durban	Inside Centre	L 21–26	WP
15 Aug 2007	Namibia	Newlands, Cape Town	Inside Centre	W 105–13	WP
09 Sep 2007	Samoa	Parc des Princes, Paris	Inside Centre	W 59–7	WP
07 Jun 2008	Wales	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Inside Centre	W 43–17	WP
14 Jun 2008	Wales	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Inside Centre	W 37–21	WP
21 Jun 2008	Italy	Newlands, Cape Town	Inside Centre	W 26–0	WP
05 Jul 2008	New Zealand	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	Inside Centre	L 8–19	WP
12 Jul 2008	New Zealand	Carisbrook, Dunedin	Inside Centre	W 30–28	WP
19 Jul 2008	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Inside Centre	L 9–16	WP
09 Aug 2008	Argentina	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Inside Centre	W 63–9	WP
16 Aug 2008	New Zealand	Newlands, Cape Town	Inside Centre	L 0–19	WP
23 Aug 2008	Australia	Kings Park, Durban	Inside Centre	L 15–27	WP
30 Aug 2008	Australia	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Inside Centre	W 53–8	WP
08 Nov 2008	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Inside Centre	W 20–15	WP
15 Nov 2008	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Inside Centre	W 14–10	WP
22 Nov 2008	England	Twickenham, London	Inside Centre	W 42–6	WP
20 Jun 2009	Britain	Kings Park, Durban	Inside Centre	W 26–21	WP
27 Jun 2009	Britain	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Inside Centre	W 28–25	WP
25 Jul 2009	New Zealand	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Inside Centre	W 28–19	WP
01 Aug 2009	New Zealand	Kings Park, Durban	Inside Centre	W 31–19	WP
08 Aug 2009	Australia	Newlands, Cape Town	Inside Centre	W 29–17	WP
29 Aug 2009	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Inside Centre	W 32–25	WP
05 Sep 2009	Australia	Brisbane Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane	Inside Centre	L 6–21	WP
12 Sep 2009	New Zealand	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	Inside Centre	W 32–29	WP
28 Nov 2009	Ireland	Croke Park, Dublin	Reserve	L 10–15	Munster
12 Jun 2010	France	Newlands, Cape Town	Reserve	W 42–17	Munster
19 Jun 2010	Italy	Puma Stadium, Witbank	Outside Centre	W 29–13	Munster
26 Jun 2010	Italy	Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London	Right Wing	W 55–11	Munster
10 Jul 2010	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	Right Wing	L 12–32	Munster
17 Jul 2010	New Zealand	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	Right Wing	L 17–31	Munster
21 Aug 2010	New Zealand	National Stadium, Johannesburg	Inside Centre	L 22–29	Munster
28 Aug 2010	Australia	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Inside Centre	W 44–31	Munster
04 Sep 2010	Australia	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Inside Centre	L 39–41	Munster
06 Nov 2010	Ireland	Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin	Inside Centre	W 23–21	WP
13 Nov 2010	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Inside Centre	W 29–25	WP
20 Nov 2010	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Inside Centre	L 17–21	WP
27 Nov 2010	England	Twickenham, London	Inside Centre	W 21–11	WP
13 Aug 2011	Australia	Kings Park, Durban	Inside Centre	L 9–14	WP
20 Aug 2011	New Zealand	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth	Inside Centre	W 18–5	WP
11 Sep 2011	Wales	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	Inside Centre	W 17–16	WP
30 Sep 2011	Samoa	North Harbour Stadium, North Shore City	Reserve	W 13–5	WP
09 Oct 2011	Australia	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	Inside Centre	L 9–11	WP
09 Jun 2012	England	Kings Park, Durban	Outside Centre (C)	W 22–17	WP
16 Jun 2012	England	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Outside Centre (C)	W 36–27	WP
23 Jun 2012	England	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth	Outside Centre (C)	D 14–14	WP
18 Aug 2012	Argentina	Newlands, Cape Town	Outside Centre (C)	W 27–6	WP
25 Aug 2012	Argentina	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza	Outside Centre (C)	D 16–16	WP
08 Sep 2012	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Outside Centre (C)	L 19–26	WP
15 Sep 2012	New Zealand	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	Outside Centre (C)	L 11–21	WP
29 Sep 2012	Australia	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Inside Centre (C)	W 31–8	WP
06 Oct 2012	New Zealand	National Stadium, Johannesburg	Inside Centre (C)	L 16–32	WP
10 Nov 2012	Ireland	Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin	Inside Centre (C)	W 16–12	WP
17 Nov 2012	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Inside Centre (C)	W 21–10	WP
24 Nov 2012	England	Twickenham, London	Inside Centre (C)	W 16–15	WP
08 Jun 2013	Italy	Kings Park, Durban	Inside Centre (C)	W 44–10	WP
15 Jun 2013	Scotland	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit	Inside Centre (C)	W 30–17	WP
22 Jun 2013	Samoa	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Inside Centre (C)	W 56–23	WP
17 Aug 2013	Argentina	National Stadium, Johannesburg	Inside Centre (C)	W 73–13	WP
24 Aug 2013	Argentina	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza	Inside Centre (C)	W 22–17	WP
07 Sep 2013	Australia	Brisbane Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane	Inside Centre (C)	W 38–12	WP
14 Sep 2013	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	Inside Centre (C)	L 15–29	WP
28 Sep 2013	Australia	Newlands, Cape Town	Inside Centre (C)	W 28–8	WP
05 Oct 2013	New Zealand	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Inside Centre (C)	L 27–38	WP
09 Nov 2013	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Inside Centre (C)	W 24–15	WP
17 Nov 2013	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Inside Centre (C)	W 28–0	WP
23 Nov 2013	France	Stade de France, Paris	Inside Centre (C)	W 19–10	WP
16 Aug 2014	Argentina	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Inside Centre (C)	W 13–6	WP
23 Aug 2014	Argentina	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta	Inside Centre (C)	W 33–31	WP
06 Sep 2014	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Inside Centre (C)	L 23–24	WP
13 Sep 2014	New Zealand	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	Inside Centre (C)	L 10–14	WP
27 Sep 2014	Australia	Newlands, Cape Town	Inside Centre (C)	W 28–10	WP
04 Oct 2014	New Zealand	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Inside Centre (C)	W 27–25	WP
08 Nov 2014	Ireland	Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin	Inside Centre (C)	L 15–29	WP
15 Nov 2014	England	Twickenham, London	Inside Centre (C)	W 31–28	WP
22 Nov 2014	Italy	Stadio Euganeo, Padua	Inside Centre (C)	W 22–6	WP
29 Nov 2014	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Inside Centre (C)	L 6–12	WP
08 Aug 2015	Argentina	Kings Park, Durban	Outside Centre (C)	L 25–37	WP
19 Sep 2015	Japan	Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton	Inside Centre (C)	L 32–34	WP
26 Sep 2015	Samoa	Villa Park, Birmingham	Outside Centre (C)	W 46–6	WP