Corné Krige

Full name

Cornelius Petrus Johannes Krige

Date of birth

21 March 1975 (age 42)

Place of birth

Lusaka, Zambia

Height

1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)

Weight

102 kg (225 lb)

School

Paarl Boys' High School

Rugby union career

Playing career

Position

Flanker

Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Apps	(points)
2004–2005	Northampton Saints	19	(15)

Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Apps	(points)
1996–2002	Western Province	68	(35)

Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Apps	(points)
1999–2004	Stormers	56	(20)

National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Apps	(points)
1999–2003	South Africa	39	(10)

Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Apps	(points)
2004–2005	Northampton Saints	19	(15)

Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Apps	(points)
1996–2002	Western Province	68	(35)

Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Apps	(points)
1999–2004	Stormers	56	(20)

National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Apps	(points)
1999–2003	South Africa	39	(10)

Cornelius Petrus Johannes "Corné" Krige (born 21 March 1975) is a retired South Africanrugby union player. He played flanker for Western Province in the Currie Cup, the Stormers in Super Rugby and captained the South African national side, the Springboks.

Corne Krige was born on 21 March 1975 in Lusaka, Zambia and his parents still reside in that country, but he was schooled in South Africa at Paarl Boys' High School, about 60 km from Cape Town. He played most of his rugby for South African teams, and resides there.

Krige's Test debut came in 1999 after recovering from career-threatening knee and hand injuries. He captained the Springboks on his test debut in a 101–0 victory over Italy in Durban; unfortunately two weeks later he suffered another serious knee injury against the All Blacks in Dunedin which ended his hopes of captaining the Springboks at the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales. Krige appeared in 39 tests for South Africa, became the full-time captain in 2002, and captained the Boks 18 times in all before his international retirement in January 2004.

Known for aggressive style of play, Krige was the subject of controversy after the November 2002 Test against England at Twickenham that saw England hand the Boks the worst defeat in their history (53–3). During the match, an increasingly frustrated South Africa side began targeting England players with physical off-the-ball attacks, and match footage showed Krige as the leader. He later admitted in his autobiography that he had lost control as South Africa had gone into the match on the back of two defeats and that he had intentionally fouled the England players. His Super Rugby career then ended several weeks early when he was handed an eight-week ban for head-butting an opponent in 2004.

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