Coetzee the captain of SA Schools

Glenwood’s Jaco Coetzee has been selected to captain the SA Schools team for 2014 against France, Wales and England.

Their first match is against France at the City Park Stadium in Cape Town on 15 August, followed by Wales at Outeniqua Park in George on 19 August, and England at the Paul Roos Markötter grounds in Stellenbosch on 23 August.

Jaco has moved through the ranks, as captain of the Under-13B KwaZulu-Natal Craven week-side and then joining Glenwood in Grade 8 as captain of the Under-14 A-side and the following year captaining the Under-15 A-side. Jaco’s knee was severely injured in his Grade 10 year and he was not able to play rugby at all in his Under-16 year. He came back the following year and was selected to represent KwaZulu-Natal at Craven Week and KwaZulu-Natal Under-18 Sevens in 2013. At the annual Glenwood Sports Banquet Jaco was named Open Player of the Year for 2013.

2014 has been a very good year for Jaco, he was chosen to represent South Africa at the African Youth Games in Botswana, playing for the SA Sevens Rugby Team who won gold. Jaco then went on the represent KwaZulu-Natal at Craven Week where he captained one of the matches and was man of the match for that specific game.

Jaco is a good all-rounder sportsman who has also excelled at athletics representing KwaZulu-Natal, he plays 2nd Team water polo and will take on a game of cricket.

Jaco’s natural leadership abilities shows as he leads Glenwood as Deputy Head Prefect and Boarder Prefect.

Jaco has signed a two-year contract with the Stormers and will be moving to Cape Town in 2015.