Jacques Nieuwenhuis

Jacques Nieuwenhuis

Date of birth	(1980-03-23) 23 March 1980
Place of birth	Brakpan, South Africa
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
School	Hoërskool Hoogland, Brakpan
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker / Number eight Youth career 1998–2002 Template:Rut Falcons Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2013–14 Brakpan (15) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003–07 Template:Rut Falcons 91 (95) 2008–11 Template:Rut Aurillac 75 (30) 2012 Template:Rut Falcons 9 (15) Correct as of 27 March 2015 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007–11 Namibia 23 (30) Correct as of 27 March 2015

Jacques Nieuwenhuis (born (1980-03-23)23 March 1980 in Brakpan, South Africa) is a former professional rugby union player and currently a referee on the contenders squad panel of the South African Rugby Referees' Association.

Through a Namibian mother, he qualified to play for Namibia and represented them at the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups. He also made 100 first class appearances for South African provincial side the Template:Rut Falcons and 75 for French side Template:Rut Aurillac. He regularly played as a flanker or number eight.

Namibia

He scored a try in Namibia's first match in the 2007 Rugby World Cup in a game against Ireland. He later blotted his copybook by being the first Namibian to be sent off at a World Cup against France.

References

• Jacques Nieuwenhuis on ESPN Scrum
• Jacques Nieuwenhuis on SA Rugby
• Jacques Nieuwenhuis on It's Rugby