page_title: Percy Montgomery
section_title: Retirement
hierarchical_section_title: Percy Montgomery / Retirement
caption_attribution_description: English: Springbok replacement fullback Percy Montgomery weaves his way towards the try-line alongside Jaque Fourie, in the South Africa versus Samoa rugby Test on Saturday, 9 June 2007, at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. Montgomery scored this try in the sixty-third minute of the game bringing up his 700th point in Test rugby. The Springboks beat Samoa 35–8. Picture taken with a Nikon F80 (35mm SLR).
context_page_description: Percival Colin "Percy" Montgomery OIS is a retired South African rugby union player. When he ended his international career in August 2008, he held the all-time records for both caps and points for South Africa's national team, known as the Springboks.
context_section_description: Percy Montgomery announced his retirement from international test rugby on 30 August 2008, after the Springboks beat Australia 53–8 in their last game of the 2008 Tri-Nations.
  In May 2009, he rejoined the Boks, but this time in a coaching role as the team's kicking consultant in the run-up to the British and Irish Lions' tour of South Africa. Shortly after his appointment was announced, he confirmed his retirement as a player, indicating that he had planned to end his playing career at the end of the 2009 Super 14 season.
caption: Percy Montgomery running the ball for the Springboks against Samoa in 2007, with Jaque Fourie supporting on the outside.
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