Jaco Visagie

Gerrit Jacobus Visagie (born 8 July 1992 in Cape Town) is a South African rugby union player for the in the United Rugby Championship and the in the Currie Cup and also played for Stade Toulousain in the French Top 14. His regular position is hooker.

Career

Youth

Visagie represented the Boland Under-16 side at the 2008 Grant Khomo Week and the Under-18 side at the 2010 Craven Week competition. In 2010, he played for the side in the 2010 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition, making two appearances.

He then relocated to Pretoria to join the , where he played regular rugby for the side that made it to the final of the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition before losing out to the side. He also played for the side in the 2012 and 2013 Under-21 competitions, winning the competition in the former season and ending as runners-up in the latter.

He also played Varsity Cup rugby for in their title-winning 2013 season, as well as in 2014. He was initially named in a Varsity Cup Dream Team at the conclusion of the 2015 Varsity Cup tournament, but withdrew and was replaced by Elandré Huggett.

Blue Bulls

Visagie's senior debut came during the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition, coming on as a substitute against the . He made a further two appearances in that competition. He also made his Currie Cup during the same season, when he came on as a substitute against the at .

His first start in a first class match came in the ' 2014 Vodacom Cup match against the . but wasn't included in the final squad.

Gloucester Rugby

In November 2018, he joined Gloucester on loan until January 2019. He made seven appearances during this spell, scoring three tries.