{{Short description|South African rugby union player}} {{update|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Marius Joubert | image = Marius Joubert.jpg | caption = Joubert during a practice session | birth_name = Marius Charl Joubert | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|7|10}} | birth_place = [[Paarl]], South Africa | height = {{height|m=1.88}} | weight = {{convert|94|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} | ru_position = [[Rugby union positions#13. Centre|Centre]] | years1 = 2008–2011 | ru_clubupdate = 10 April 2012 | clubs1 = [[ASM Clermont Auvergne|Clermont]] | apps1 = 66 | points1 = 70 | ru_currentclub = | super1 = {{Rut|Stormers}} | super2 = {{Rut|Cheetahs}} | super3 = {{Rut|Sharks}} | superyears1 = 2002–2006 | superyears2 = 2007 | superyears3 = 2012 | superapps1 = 46 | superapps2 = 12 | superapps3 = 3 | superpoints1 = 55 | superpoints2 = 0 | superpoints3 = 0 | ru_currentteam = | super14update = 20 May 2012 | province1 = {{Rut|Boland Cavaliers}} | province2 = {{Rut|Western Province}} | province3 = {{Rut|Free State Cheetahs}} | province4 = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)}} | provinceyears1 = 1999–2001 | provinceyears2 = 2002–2006 | provinceyears3 = 2007 | provinceyears4 = 2011–present | provinceapps1 = 37 | provinceapps2 = 15 | provinceapps3 = 15 | provinceapps4 = 29 | provincepoints1 = 90 | provincepoints2 = 35 | provincepoints3 = 10 | provincepoints4 = 10 | ru_provinceupdate = 7 May 2013 | repyears1 = 2001–2005 | repteam1 = {{nrut|South Africa}} | repcaps1 = 30 | reppoints1 = 45 | ru_ntupdate = 10 April 2012 | spouse = | children = | relatives = | school = [[Paarl Gimnasium]] | university = }}
'''Marius Charl Joubert''' (born 10 July 1979 in [[Paarl]], Western Cape) is a South African [[rugby union]] player who played as a [[Centre (rugby union)|centre]] for Stormers in [[Super Rugby]]. He has previously played for the [[Boland Cavaliers]], [[Free State Cheetahs]], [[ASM Clermont Auvergne]] and [[Western Province (rugby team)|Western Province]] in the [[Currie Cup]] and the [[Stormers]] and the [[Cheetahs (rugby union)|Cheetahs]] in [[Super Rugby]]. Joubert was educated at [[Paarl Gimnasium]], alongside current Springboks and former [[Western Province (rugby team)|Western Province]] and [[Stormers]] teammates [[De Wet Barry]] and [[Jean de Villiers]]. A few years later, the same school produced another current Springbok star in [[Schalk Burger]].
Joubert started his career at the [[Boland Cavaliers]] where he played from 1999 to 2001 when he joined [[Western Province (rugby team)|Western Province]] from 2002 to 2006. He made his debut for South Africa against [[All Blacks|New Zealand]] in 2001 and in that very game, picked up a serious knee injury. Despite several injury setbacks (one of which, a badly damaged shoulder, kept him out of the [[2003 Rugby World Cup|2003 World Cup]]), Joubert continued to develop into a world-class [[Centre (rugby union)|centre]].
He was a member of the 2004 Springbok squad that won the [[Tri Nations (rugby union)|Tri-Nations]]. In the Boks' home match at [[Ellis Park Stadium|Ellis Park]] in [[Johannesburg]] against the All Blacks, he became only the second Springbok in history (after [[Ray Mordt]] in 1981) to score a hat-trick of tries against the [[All Blacks]]. Joubert was also for a time South Africa's leading try scorer in [[Tri Nations (rugby union)|Tri Nations]] play, with six tries, before being overtaken by [[Breyton Paulse]].
During the 2006 Super 14 season. Joubert's form dipped dramatically due to several injury problems. Firstly he struggled with a back injury that kept him from playing in the Currie Cup. He then sustained a back injury that kept him out of the Currie Cup and the Springboks' year-end tour to Argentina, Wales and France. He returned to play for the Stormers in the Super 14, only to break his hand in their final fixture. On 11 September 2006, the Cheetahs announced that Joubert had signed for them for the upcoming 2007 season, thus ending Joubert's 5-year association with the [[Stormers]] and [[Western Province Rugby Union]].
Joubert won the [[2007 Currie Cup Premier Division|2007 Currie Cup]] with the [[Free State Cheetahs]] and the [[2009–10 Top 14 season|2010]] [[Top 14|French Championship]] with [[ASM Clermont Auvergne]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://top14.lnr.fr/feuille-de-match/2009-2010/finale/4850-perpignan-clermont/compositions |title=Match terminé - Finale - 29/05/2010 - 20h45 |work=top14.lnr.fr |access-date=3 March 2025}}</ref>
Joubert is 6'3"/1.91 m and weighs 202 lb/91.5 kg.
==Honours== * 2004 Tri-Nations winner ([[Springboks]]) * 2007 Currie Cup winner ([[Free State Cheetahs]]) *[[2009–10 Top 14 season|2010]] [[Top 14|French Champions]]: [[ASM Clermont Auvergne]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Sport links}} *{{SA Rugby Player Profile | id=20841 | name=Marius Joubert | date=10 March 2016}}
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