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Marco Jansen van Vuren
Date of birth (1996-06-14) 14 June 1996 (age 27)
Place of birthVanderbijlpark, South Africa
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
SchoolHoërskool Transvalia, Vanderbijlpark
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Template:Rut Golden Lions
Youth career
2009–14 Template:Rut Falcons
2014– Template:Rut Golden Lions
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015– Template:Rut Golden Lions 1 (0)
Correct as of 11 June 2015
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–14 South Africa Schools 4 (0)
2015–16 South Africa Under-20 6 (0)
Correct as of 27 June 2016

Marco Jansen van Vuren (born (1996-06-14)14 June 1996 in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Template:Rut Golden Lions.[1] His regular position is scrum-half.

Career

2009–14

Jansen van Vuren first earned a provincial call-up at primary school level in 2009, when he was included in the Falcons' Under-13 Craven Week side. In 2012, he was once again selected by the union to play at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week competition, where he made three appearances.

He then played in the premier high school rugby union competition in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week held in Polokwane in 2013, scoring a try in their match against Griquas Country Districts.[2] After the competition, he was included in the 2013 South African Schools squad and he started for them in their 14–13 victory over Wales in Worcester.[3]

He again played at the Craven Week in Middelburg in 2014, scoring a try against Boland during the tournament,[4] and was once again included in the South African Schools side for 2014. He started against France,[5] played off the bench against Wales[6] and started their third match against England.[7]

2014–

He made one appearance for the Template:Rut Golden Lions U19 side during the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship before officially joining their academy for 2015. He made his first class debut for them on 13 March 2015 in their 2015 Vodacom Cup match against the Template:Rut Limpopo Blue Bulls, helping them to a 31–21 victory.[8]

He was named in a 37-man training squad for the South Africa national under-20 rugby union team[9] and was an unused replacement for them in a friendly match against a Varsity Cup Dream Team in April 2015.[10] He was then included in the squad that embarked on a two-match tour of Argentina.[11] He started their first match of the tour, a 25–22 victory over Argentina[12] but didn't feature in their 39–28 victory a few days later.[13]

Upon the team's return, he was named in the final squad for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[14] He came on as a replacement in all three of their matches in Pool B of the competition; a 33–5 win against hosts Italy,[15] a 40–8 win against Samoa[16] and a 46–13 win over Australia[17] to help South Africa finish top of Pool B to qualify for the semi-finals with the best record pool stage of all the teams in the competition. Jansen van Vuren was named on the bench for both their semi-final match against England, which they lost 20–28 to be eliminated from the competition by England for the second year in succession[18] and their third-place play-off match against France, where South Africa achieved a 31–18 win to secure third place in the competition,[19] but failed to get game time in either match.

In March 2016, Jansen van Vuren was once again included in a South Africa Under-20 training squad,[20] and made the cut to be named in a reduced provisional squad a week later.[21] On 10 May 2016, he was included in the final squad for the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship tournament to be held in Manchester, England.[22] He wasn't included in their matchday squad for their opening match in Pool C of the tournament as South Africa came from behind to beat Japan 59–19,[23] but came on as a replacement in their next pool match as South Africa were beaten 13–19 by Argentina.[24] He dropped out of the 23 as South Africa bounced back to secure a 40-31 bonus-point victory over France in their final pool match[25] to secure a semi-final place as the best runner-up in the competition. He started both of their matches in the play-offs, firstly as South Africa faced three-time champions England in the semi-finals – with the hosts proving too strong for South Africa, knocking them out of the competition with a 39–17 victory[26] - and then against Argentina in the third-place play-off final. Argentina beat South Africa – as they did in the pool stages – convincingly winning 49–19[27] and in the process condemning South Africa to fourth place in the competition.

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Marco Jansen van Vuren". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Match Breakdown: Valke vs Griquas CD". South African Rugby Union. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs Wales". South African Rugby Union. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Match Breakdown: Valke vs Boland". South African Rugby Union. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Match Breakdown: SA Schools vs France U18". South African Rugby Union. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Match Breakdown: SA Schools vs Wales U18". South African Rugby Union. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Match Breakdown: SA Schools vs England U18". South African Rugby Union. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Match Breakdown: Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls vs Xerox Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Junior Bok training squad confirmed". South African Rugby Union. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Match Breakdown: Varsity Cup XV vs South Africa U/20". South African Rugby Union. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  11. ^ "SARU names Junior Bok squad for Argentine tour". South African Rugby Union. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 25 a 22". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  13. ^ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 39 a 28". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  14. ^ "Liebenberg to lead Junior Boks at U20 World Championship in Italy". South African Rugby Union. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  15. ^ "Match Breakdown: Italy U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  16. ^ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Samoa U20". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  17. ^ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Australia U20". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  18. ^ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs England U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  19. ^ "Match Breakdown: France U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  20. ^ "Large group invited to Junior Springbok trials camp". South African Rugby Union. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  21. ^ "Theron names provisional Junior Springbok squad". South African Rugby Union. 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  22. ^ "Ward to lead Junior Springboks in England". South African Rugby Union. 10 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  23. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 59–19 Japan U20". South African Rugby Union. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  24. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 13–19 Argentina U20". South African Rugby Union. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  25. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa U20 40–31 France U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  26. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – England U20 39–17 South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  27. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Argentina U20 49–19 South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

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