Rassie Jansen van Vuuren

Rassie Jansen van Vuuren

Full name	Erasmus Albertus Jansen van Vuuren
Date of birth	(1985-05-23) 23 May 1985
Place of birth	Potgietersrus, South Africa
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb)
School	Hoërskool Nelspruit
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop / Hooker Youth career 2003 Template:Rut Pumas 2004–2006 Template:Rut Golden Lions Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006–2007 Gaillac () 2007 Template:Rut Golden Lions 0 (0) 2007 Template:Rut Pumas 17 (25) 2008 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 9 (10) 2008 Template:Rut Falcons 5 (5) 2008–2011 Template:Rut Aurillac 70 (40) 2011–2013 Template:Rut Montpellier 51 (30) 2013–2015 Template:Rut La Rochelle 39 (20) 2015–2016 Template:Rut Bayonne 13 (0) 2016 Template:Rut Pumas 1 (0) Correct as of 24 July 2016

Erasmus Albertus Jansen van Vuuren (born 23 May 1985) is a South African rugby union player, whose usual position is prop or hooker.

After representing the Pumas at the Under-18 Craven Week in 2003, he joined the Template:Rut Golden Lions Academy, playing for them at Under-20 and Under-21 level in 2004 and 2005. He had a short spell at French Rugby Pro D2 side Gaillac during their 2006–07 season before returning to the Golden Lions. In 2007 and 2008, he made first class appearances for the Template:Rut Pumas, Template:Rut Blue Bulls and Template:Rut Falcons in South African rugby before returning to France, joining Template:Rut Aurillac for the 2008–09 Rugby Pro D2 season. After making 70 appearances in three seasons for Aurillac, he joined Top 14 side Template:Rut Montpellier prior to the 2011–12 Top 14 season. He spent two seasons in Montpellier before joining Template:Rut La Rochelle in the 2013–14 Rugby Pro D2 season. He helped them win promotion in his first season at the club and avoid relegation in the 2014–15 Top 14 season. He once again dropped into the Pro D2 for 2015–16, joining Template:Rut Bayonne. After one season there, he returned to South Africa to join the Pumas for the 2016 Currie Cup.

External links

• "SA Rugby Player Profile – Rassie Jansen van Vuuren". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.