Franco Marais

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Full nameFranco Stephan Marais
Born (1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 (age 33)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb)
Franco Marais
Full nameFranco Stephan Marais
Born (1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 (age 33)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb)
Rugby union career
Position Hooker
Current team Lions
Youth career
2010 Falcons
2011–2013 Sharks
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012–2017 Sharks (Currie Cup) 34 (20)
2013–2018 Sharks XV 20 (5)
2014–2018 Sharks 42 (0)
2018–2020 Gloucester 40 (5)
2020–2022 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes 18 (10)
2022–2024 Urayasu D-Rocks 16 (50)
2024– Golden Lions 5 (0)
2024– Lions 13 (20)
Correct as of 6 October 2025
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012 South Africa Under-20 1 (0)
2017 South Africa 'A' 2 (0)
Correct as of 6 April 2018

Franco Stephan Marais (born 23 September 1992) is a South African rugby union player for Red Hurricanes in the Japanese Top League. His usual position is hooker.

In March 2018 it was announced that Marais would join Premiership Rugby side Gloucester for the 2018–19 season.[1]

He will leave Gloucester at the end of 2019–20 season to join Japanese side Red Hurricanes.[2] A side now under leadership of Gloucester's former head coach Johan Ackermann.[3]

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