CORNE KRIGE~SPRINGBOK CAPTAIN 2002-04~SIGNED~GILBERT RUGBY BALL~SIZE 5 (30cm)~LIKE NEW.

CORNE KRIGE~SIGNED~GILBERT RUGBY BALL~SIZE 5 (30cm)~LIKE NEW.

"Corné" Krige  Springboks captain in 2002

Cornelius Petrus Johannes "Corné" Krige was born on the 21 March 1975 in Lusaka, Zambia. He was a South African rugby union footballer, now retired, who 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 Zambian-born and his parents still reside in that country, but he was schooled in South Africa at Paarl Boys High School, about 60km from Cape Town. He played most of his rugby for South African teams and still resides in SA.

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.