Fabian Juries

Fabian Juries (born 28 February 1979) is a South African rugby union coach and former player.

Rugby career Juries led the World Series in tries scored in 2004 and again in 2008. He scored his 100th try against Scotland during the 2005 New Zealand Sevens tournament.

In 2008, he joined the Free State Cheetahs, before moving to Western Province at the beginning of the 2010 season. He was nominated for the World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year award, but lost to New Zealand’s DJ Forbes.

In 2020, he was still ranked among World Rugby's Sevens World Series' highest international try-scorers, he was ranked ninth, and was 29th in the highest point-scorer with 925 points.

Coaching career After his playing career, he was unemployed for six months before he landed a coaching job at Herbert Hurd Primary School in Port Elizabeth, where he spent five years as the Head of Rugby.

Personal life Juries married his wife, Lucinda, in 2003 and they have two daughters, Kirsten and Keshia.