Marcell Coetzee

Marcell Cornelius Coetzee (born 8 May 1991) is a South African professional rugby footballer for the in the United Rugby Championship. He plays as a flanker.

South Africa Coetzee made his debut in Super Rugby for the Sharks against the Brumbies on Saturday 7 May 2011. He has offloading skills that have been likened to those of Sonny Bill Williams.

Heyneke Meyer, Springboks coach, included him in the national squad to face England in a test series where Coetzee made his Springbok test debut on 9 June 2012 in Durban.

Top League Coetzee joined Japanese Top League side Honda Heat for the 2015–2016 season.

Ulster Rugby In February 2016, it was announced that he would join Irish Pro12 side Ulster on a three-year deal starting in the 2016–2017 season. Coetzee featured sparingly in his first two seasons with Ulster, due to recurring knee injury problems. Coetzee was the 2020–21 joint top try-scorer (9) and the 2020–21 Pro14 Players' Player of the Season in his final season with Ulster.

Return to South Africa In December 2020 the Bulls confirmed that Coetzee would join the franchise in June 2021 on a three-year deal.

Honours Currie Cup winner 2021 Pro14 Rainbow Cup runner-up 2021 United Rugby Championship runner-up 2021–22 Players' Player of the Season Guinness PRO14 2020–21 Top try scorer United Rugby Championship 2020–21, 2021–22 Selected in the United Rugby Championship "Dream Team" 2020–21, 2021–22

Springbok statistics

Test Match Record AgainstPldWDLTriConPenDGPts%Won 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 4 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total 26 17 2 7 6 0 0 0 30 Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Con = Conversions, Pen = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points Scored

International Tries

Try Opposing team Location Venue Competition Date Result 1 Cape Town, South Africa Newlands Stadium 2012 Rugby Championship Won 27-6 2 Port Elizabeth, South Africa Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Mid-year rugby test series Won 55-6 3 Port Elizabeth, South Africa Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Mid-year rugby test series Won 55-6 4 Salta, Argentina Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena 2014 Rugby Championship Won 33-31 5 Cape Town, South Africa Newlands Stadium 2014 Rugby Championship Won 28-10 6 Dublin, Ireland Aviva Stadium End-of-year rugby test series Lost 15-29