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Rohan Janse van Rensburg
Full nameRohan Janse van Rensburg
Date of birth (1994-09-11) 11 September 1994 (age 30)
Place of birthWelkom, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight109 kg (17 st 2 lb)[1]
SchoolWaterkloof High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Current team Template:Rut Lions / Template:Rut Golden Lions XV
Youth career
2007–2014 Template:Rut Blue Bulls
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014 Template:Rut UP Tuks (5)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2014 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 7 (20)
2015–present Template:Rut Young Lions 6 (10)
2015–present Template:Rut Golden Lions 13 (15)
2016–present Template:Rut Lions 17 (50)
Correct as of 25 October 2016
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012 South Africa Schools
2013–2014 South Africa Under-20 3 (0)
2016 Springbok XV 1 (5)
2016 South Africa 1 (0)
Correct as of 26 November 2016

Rohan Janse van Rensburg (born 11 September 1994) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Template:Rut Lions in Super Rugby and the Template:Rut Golden Lions XV in Currie Cup rugby.[1][2] His regular position is centre.

Career

Youth

He represented the Template:Rut Blue Bulls at the 2007 Under-13 Craven Week, the 2010 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and the 2011 and 2012 editions of the Under-18 Craven Week tournaments. He was also called into the South African Schools squad in 2012.

Senior career

His senior debut for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls came in the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition, when he came on as a substitute in the match against the Template:Rut Pumas.[3] He then started five of their remaining six matches in this competition.

He moved to Johannesburg for the 2015 to join the Template:Rut Golden Lions.[4]

2016 Season

The 2016 Super Rugby season was the breakthrough for Janse van Rensburg. At inside centre,he had a very successful partnership with fellow centre, Springbok Lionel Mapoe. Janse van Rensburg managed to score 10 tries in 17 games;which is very prolific for a number 12. The Golden Lions managed to make the Super Rugby final but lost to the Hurricanes 20-3.

Representative rugby

He was included in the S.A. Schools squad in 2012 and the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2013[5] and 2014[6] IRB Junior World Championship tournaments.

References

  1. ^ a b c "SA Rugby Player Profile – Rohan Janse van Rensburg". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Scoresway Player Profile Rohan Janse van Rensburg". Scoresway. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  3. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 42–44 Steval Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Lions snatch up four Bulls". SuperSport. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Steenkamp leads powerful SA U20 JWC squad". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 7 June 2016 suggested (help)
  6. ^ "Junior Springboks named for JWC 2014". South African Rugby Union. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 7 June 2016 suggested (help)

Template:Golden Lions XV squad

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