Date of birth | 31 July 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Empangeni, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 231 lb (105 kg; 16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jaco Erasmus (born 31 July 1979) is a South African-born Italian rugby union naturalized player.[1] He plays as a flanker.
He played for Rugby Viadana[1] where he gained qualification for the Italian national team. In March 2008 he received a call up to the national team by fellow South African Nick Mallett.[2] He currently plays for Rugby Calvisano
He has currently 3 caps for Italy, all in 2008, 2 of them coming in the 2008 Six Nations Championship.