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Nico Janse van Rensburg
Full nameNicolaas Jacobus Janse van Rensburg
Date of birth (1994-05-06) 6 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birthPretoria, South Africa
Height2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb)
SchoolAfrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, Pretoria
UniversityUniversity of Pretoria
Occupation(s)Professional Rugby Player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team Template:Rut Montpellier
Youth career
2010–2015 Template:Rut Blue Bulls
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2016 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 26 (0)
2014–2016 Template:Rut Bulls 5 (0)
2016–present Template:Rut Montpellier 91 (50)
Correct as of 8 March 2020
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012 South Africa Schools 2 (0)
2014 South Africa Under-20 5 (0)
Correct as of 3 July 2014

Nicolaas Jacobus Janse van Rensburg (born 6 May 1994 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with Template:Rut Montpellier in the French Top 14.[1] His regular position is lock.

Career

Youth

He represented the Template:Rut Blue Bulls at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2010 and at the Under-18 Craven Week in 2012. As a result of the latter, he earned a call-up to the South African Schools side in 2012, where he started in two of their matches, against Wales[2] and England[3]

In 2013, he was included in the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U19 squad for the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He scored a try in his first match for the side against the Template:Rut Leopards[4] and made a total of nine appearances, including the final of the competition, where the Blue Bulls beat the Template:Rut Golden Lions U19 side to win the trophy.

He was selected in the South Africa Under-20 squad that participated at the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship.[5] He started in all five their matches during the competition – after featuring in their pool stage victories over Scotland,[6] New Zealand[7] and Samoa,[8] which saw South Africa qualify for the finals, he then started their semi-final against New Zealand[9] and the final against England, but couldn't prevent them suffering a 21–20 defeat in the final.[10]

Blue Bulls

Janse van Rensburg made his first class debut during the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition when he played off the bench in a match against Template:Rut Griquas in Pretoria.[11] A second substitute appearance followed a week later against the Template:Rut Pumas in Nelspruit.[12]

Montpellier

Janse van Rensburg moved to France in 2016 to join Top 14 side Template:Rut Montpellier.[13]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Nico Janse van Rensburg". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 24–16 Wales". South African Rugby Union. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 36–29 England". South African Rugby Union. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 14–61 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Junior Springboks named for JWC 2014". South African Rugby Union. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  6. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 61–5 Scotland". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  7. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – New Zealand 24–33 South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  8. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Samoa 8–21 South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  9. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 32–25 New Zealand". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  10. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – England 21–20 South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  11. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 24–26 GWK Griquas". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  12. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Steval Pumas 22–20 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  13. ^ "White signs Janse van Rensburg". SuperSport. 25 May 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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