Cobus Visagie

Cobus Visagie (born 31 October 1973) is a former South African rugby union footballer who played at tighthead prop.

Visagie attended the famous Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch and then studied Auditing and Accounting at Stellenbosch University, where he also played for Maties (Stellenbosch University) and Western Province Rugby. He earned the nickname 'Drieman' (three man) during his school rugby days because of his dominance at tighthead prop (the number three position in rugby union) and his love of the scrum.

Cobus was a Coopers&Lybrand bursary holder and finished his Bachelor of Commerce with Honours, majoring in Accounting and Audit at Stellenbosch University in 1996. He worked seven years for PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Chartered Accountant, whilst playing professional rugby for Western Province and the Stormers from 1997 to 2003.

He won three Currie Cups with Western Province Rugby, the last in 2001 with a home win (at Newlands, Cape Town) over the Natal Sharks. He also earned 43 Super 12 caps with the Stormers. He earned 29 caps for his country and was the cornerstone of the Springbok team that reached the 1999 World Cup Semi Final. He was selected to the team of the tournament with fellow Sprinkbok frontrow [Os du Randt].

Visagie moved to the United Kingdom to play for the English Premiership club Saracens after being passed over for the 2003 World Cup Springbok squad.

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