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JP Pietersen announced his retirement on Friday. By AFP Friday 5 Feb 2021, 9:35 PM Feb 5th 2021, 9:35 PM 10,961 Views 1 Comment
South Africa s JP Pietersen (file pic).
Image: Mike Egerton
Image: Mike Egerton
SOUTH AFRICA Rugby World Cup winner JP Pietersen announced his retirement on Friday at the age of 34.
Pietersen, who played mostly as a winger, made 70 Springbok appearances scoring 24 tries. He appeared in three World Cups, collecting a winner’s medal at the first, in 2007.
He started and ended his career with the Durban-based Sharks and had stints in Japan and with Leicester Tigers and Toulon in Europe.
He announced his retirement on social media, saying he was grateful for “such a long career that has unfolded beyond my wildest dreams.”