Corne Krige: The Ultimate Rugby Enforcer

Corne Krige was born on 21 March 1975 in Lusaka, Zambia and his parents still reside in that country. He was schooled in South Africa at Paarl Boys' High School, about 60 km from Cape Town.
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; 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.
He finished his career in the English Premiership with Northampton Saints, signing for the 2004-05 season. He retired at the end of that season and returned to Cape Town to pursue business interests. Krige made one more high-profile appearance on a rugby field, captaining a Western Province XV against a World XV in his testimonial at Newlands on 9 June 2006. The testimonial highly benefited Reach For A Dream, a charity similar to and inspired by the Make-A-Wish Foundation in the United States. The World XV won 49-31 in an entertaining match that saw 12 tries in all.

[@9mmtrilla]

One of my favourite rugby factoids: When Australia and the Springboks met to face each other at the Gabba during the 2002 Tri-Nations championship, both squads' captains George Gregan and Corne Krige happened to have been born in the same hospital in Lusaka

[@ChristyKrohne]

This brings back memories. Never knew he is a Zambia native.

[@SNOK1986]

3:07 That is a great tackle to be honest the commentator says. How times have changed 😂

[@denloye6282]

Love him or hate him, he's a handsome dude

[@Naasjpn]

Great captain and player. Unfortunately, he captained Springboks in wrong time.

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

A hard man who didn’t have to wear the ridiculous pyjama outfit the Stormers had for last 10 years

[@MarquitoRH]

England fans will never forget that shameful day at Twickenham in 2002 when we humped SA by 50 points despite the appalling skullduggery and wanton thuggery from a team inspired by and with chief offender Krige.

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

English crybabies

[@devongarvie6261]

No denying that. Thank goodness the rest of the world has moved on

[@Anti-terrorist3112]

Tribute to a thug ???

[@RealRugby]

Yup, pretty decent thug too

[@Anti-terrorist3112]

​@@RealRugby nope , a cowardly thug...

[@brooklyniron1999]

He brought the Springbok jersey into disrepute with all his cheap shots. His misdeeds at Twickenham will live long in the memory. This was a dark period for SA Rugby. Unfortunately they were the polecats of international rugby during this time. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ2pfn6LiJyomKssi=mPpDjuK-bcMIXZdQ