Tony Jantjies
| Full name | Altonio Shedrick Jantjies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 April 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (14 st 11 lb; 207 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hoërskool Menlopark, Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Elton Jantjies (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Altonio "Tony" Shedrick Jantjies (born 19 April 1992) is a South African rugby union player for Alcobendas in the División de Honor in Spain.[1] His regular position is fly-half.
Career
Youth
He represented the Template:Rut Golden Lions at the 2008 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week tournament, which led to his inclusion in the Under-16 Elite Squad.
He then joined near neighbours the Template:Rut Blue Bulls from the 2009 season. He played for them at the 2009 and 2010 Under-18 Craven Week competitions, earning a spot in the S.A. Schools side in 2009. He then played for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U19 team in the 2010 and 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship competitions and for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U21 team in 2012 and 2013.
He was included in the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship competition. He started the first game of the competition, kicking four penalties and a conversion in South Africa's 19–23 defeat to Ireland,[2] Handré Pollard was preferred to him for the remainder of the competition, but he did play in matches against Italy[3] and Argentina,[4] and was an unused substitute in the final against New Zealand.[5]
Blue Bulls
He made his first class debut for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls in their opening match of the 2012 Vodacom Cup competition, coming on as a second-half substitute against Template:Rut Griquas.[6] He made his first start in the same competition two weeks later, against former side the Template:Rut Golden Lions.[7] He also scored his first points during that game, scoring a try and kicking five conversions and three penalties to get a personal haul of 24 points in the Blue Bulls' 49–10 victory. He made five appearances in total in that competition, scoring 43 points.
He made a further five appearances for the Blue Bulls in the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition, scoring 79 points to finish as the fifth top points scorer in that competition.[8]
His Currie Cup debut came later in the same year, when he was included in the Blue Bulls starting team to face Template:Rut Western Province in the opening match of the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division season.[9]
Eastern Province Kings
He joined Port Elizabeth-based side Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings for the 2015 season.[10] He made just two appearances for the Kings during the 2015 Vodacom Cup competition before his contract was terminated on 24 June 2015 following a breach of team protocol.[11]
Alcobendas
Jantjies moved to Spanish side Alcobendas in December 2018.[12]
Personal life
He is the younger brother of Springbok fly-half Elton Jantjies.[13]
References
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Tony Jantjies". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 19–23 Ireland". South African Rugby Union. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 52–3 Italy". South African Rugby Union. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Argentina 3–35 South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 17 June 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – New Zealand 16–22 South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 17–36 GWK Griquas". South African Rugby Union. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 49–10 MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Top Scorers – 2013 Vodacom Cup". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Bulls now take their orders in English". SuperSport. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ "Tony Jantjies signs with the Kings". Eastern Province Kings. 17 November 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ^ "Kings give Jantjies the boot". Sport24. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ "Tony Jantjies y Javier Barrionuevo completan la plantilla del Sanitas Alcobendas Rugby" (Press release) (in Spanish). Alcobendas Rugby. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ "Jantjies at pivot for Baby Boks". Sport24. Media24. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2013.