Johannes Christoffel Pretorius (born ) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team and a rugby union player for the Emirates Lions in the United Rugby Championship and the Currie Cup. His regular position is flanker.

Biography

Pretorius represented the at the 2015 and 2016 Craven Week tournaments — culminating in a call-up to the South Africa Schools squad for the Under-19 International Series in August 2016 — before moving to Pretoria to join the . He was named in the ' wider training squad prior to the 2019 Super Rugby season, but was also included in the South Africa national sevens squad prior to the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.

JC Pretorius

In January 2019, Pretorius was named the Blitzboks' travelling reserve for the Hamilton Sevens, and a week later, he was included in the main squad for the Sydney event.

JC Pretorius

In 2022, He was part of the South African team that won their second Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham.

JC Pretorius

References

South African rugby union players

Living people

1998 births

People from Govan Mbeki Local Municipality

Rugby union flankers

South Africa international rugby sevens players

Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Olympic rugby sevens players for South Africa

Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa

Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens

Lions (United Rugby Championship) players

Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Golden Lions players