Dan Kriel (twin brother) Matthew Kriel (brother) John Hodgson (great-grandfather)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Utility back
Current team
Canon Eagles
Youth career
2012
Sharks
2013–2015
Blue Bulls
Amateur team(s)
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
2013
UP Tuks
0
(0)
Senior career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
2014–2018
Blue Bulls
17
(25)
2014–2019
Bulls
70
(95)
2015–2016
NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes
9
(20)
2020–
Canon Eagles
26
(50)
Correct as of 10 July 2022
International career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
2012
South Africa Schools
2
(0)
2013–2014
South Africa Under-20
9
(35)
2015
Springboks [a]
1
(0)
2015–present
South Africa
67
(75)
2016
Springbok XV [a]
1
(0)
Correct as of 1 November 2023
Medal record
Men's Rugby union
Representing South Africa
Rugby World Cup
2015 England
Squad
2019 Japan
Squad
2023 France
Squad
Jesse André Kriel (born 15 February 1994) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the Canon Eagles in the Japanese Top League and South Africa national rugby team.[5] His regular playing position is as a utility back but can also play centre, wing or fullback. Kriel was part of the national team who won the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2023 Rugby World Cup, where he played in all the games of the latter.
^South African Rugby Annual 2016. South African Rugby Union. 2016. pp. 124–125. ISBN 978-0-620-69290-8.
^South African Rugby Annual 2018. South African Rugby Union. 2018. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-620-78461-0.
^"2016 South Africa Tour (ENG/ITA/WAL), Match 1". World Rugby. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
^South African Rugby Annual 2017. South African Rugby Union. 2017. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-0-620-74427-0.
^"SA Rugby Player Profile – Jesse Kriel". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
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and the "man who won the 2005 Ashes" for England, Kevin Pietersen. JesseKriel represented the Rugby World Cup-winning Springboks in 2023, and 'master...
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