Jesse Kriel

Centre · South Africa · 2015–2026. What the record holds, and none of it reaches the model.

South AfricaCentre1.86m · 96kgBorn 15 Feb 1994 · 32 at his last matchCanon Eagles
On record

Appearances

93

80 as a starter

Minutes

6,542

70 a match

Tries (at least)

24

Points (at least)

120

Yellow cards

1

Red cards

0

Caps

84

as Wikipedia records

Span

2015–2026

Scoring is a floor. World Rugby's timeline credits some tries to nobody, so a match where the players' points do not add up to the score may be missing this player's. 53 of 93 of his matches add up; appearances and minutes are unaffected. Never used by the model.

How South Africa went with him and without

With him in the squad

+2.8

over 66 matches

Without him

+8.8

over 27 matches

Difference

-6.0

Points of margin above what the side's rating expected, so opposition and venue are already removed, over the years between his first and last cap. A gap this size comes up by chance often enough, across the players tested, that it is not evidence about him. The method.

Compare

Only players in the same position for the same side are offered. Scoring in rugby sits in a handful of positions, so points cannot order a prop against a fly-half, and a career total says nothing about who is the better player — these are counts of what happened, not a rating. The heavier figure in each row is the larger one; the cards row is left unmarked, because more of them is not more of a good thing.

Recent matches
DateOpponentJerseyMinutesTriesPoints
2026-08-29v New Zealand (33-26)138015
2026-08-22v New Zealand (16-33)138000
2026-07-18v Wales (43-0)*138015
2026-07-11v Scotland (42-28)*138015
2026-07-04v England (45-21)138015
2025-11-22away to Ireland (13-24)*138000
2025-11-08away to France (17-32)138000
2025-11-01v Japan (61-7)*138015
2025-10-04away to Argentina (27-29)233100
2025-09-06away to New Zealand (24-17)138000
2025-08-23v Australia (30-22)138000
2025-08-16v Australia (22-38)*138000
2025-07-05v Italy (42-24)138015
2024-11-23away to Wales (12-45)138000
2024-11-16away to England (20-29)138000

* the players' points in that match do not add up to the recorded score, so a scorer is uncredited and this row may be short.

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