Jaco Bouwer

{{short description|South African rugby union footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Jaco Bouwer

| image =

| fullname = Willem Sterrenberg Jacobus Marais Bouwer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|09|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kempton Park, South Africa

| height = {{height|m=1.84}}

| weight = {{convert|97|kg|stlb lb|0|abbr=on}}

| nickname =

| occupation =

| school = Hoërskool Waterkloof, Pretoria

| university = North-West University, Potchefstroom

| relatives =

| position = Flanker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 2005–2006

| youthclubs1 = {{Rut|Leopards}}

| years1 = 2007–2008

| clubs1 = {{Rut|Leopards}}

| apps1 = 34

| points1 = 40

| years2 = 2009–2015

| clubs2 = {{Rut|Pumas}}

| apps2 = 121

| points2 = 240

| repyears1 = 2012

| repteam1 = South African Barbarians

| repcaps1 = 1

| reppoints1 = 0

| repyears2 = 2013

| repteam2 = South Africa President's XV

| repcaps2 = 4

| reppoints2 = 0

| clubupdate = 9 October 2015

| repupdate = 25 March 2015

}}

Willem Sterrenberg Jacobus Marais Bouwer (born 4 September 1985) is a South African rugby union footballer. He plays mostly as a flanker. He most recently represented the Pumas in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup having previously played for the Leopards.

In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup{{SA Rugby Article | id=1931694 | leagueid=1334 | title=SA President’s XV selected for IRB Tblisi Cup | date=17 May 2013 | access-date=6 June 2016 | url=http://www.sarugby.co.za/article.aspx?id=1931694&leagueid=1334 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607191225/http://www.sarugby.co.za/article.aspx?id=1931694&leagueid=1334 | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 June 2016}} and won the tournament after winning all three matches.{{cite web|url=http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2067589.html |title=SA President's XV win Tbilisi Cup |work=IRB |date=16 June 2013 |access-date=17 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619064230/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid%3D2067589.html |archive-date=19 June 2013 }}

He was a member of the Pumas side that won the Vodacom Cup for the first time in 2015, beating {{Rut|Western Province}} 24–7 in the final.{{SA Rugby Article | id=3030244 | leagueid=2304 | title=Steval Pumas first-time Vodacom Cup champions – Final Review | date=31 May 2015 | access-date=9 June 2016 | url=http://www.sarugby.co.za/article.aspx?category=sarugby/vodacomcup&id=3030244 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609204339/http://www.sarugby.co.za/article.aspx?category=sarugby/vodacomcup&id=3030244 | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 June 2016}} Bouwer made three appearances during the season, scoring one try.