Marco Jansen van Vuren

Marco Jansen van Vuren

Personal information
Born	14 June 1996 Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
School(s) attended	Hoërskool Transvalia, Vanderbijlpark
Club information
Playing position	Scrum-half
Current club	Golden Lions
Youth career
2009–14	Falcons
2014–	Golden Lions
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2015–	Golden Lions	1	(0)
Representative team(s)^‡
2013–14	S.A. Schools	4	(0)
2015–	S.A. Under-20	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 11 June 2015. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 16 June 2015.

Marco Jansen van Vuren (born 14 June 1996 in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Golden Lions.^[1] His regular position is scrum-half.

Career

2009–14

Jansen van Vuren first earned a provincial call-up at primary school level in 2009, when he was included in the Falcons' Under-13 Craven Week side. In 2012, he was once again selected by the union to play at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week competition, where he made three appearances.

He then played in the premier high school rugby union competition in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week held in Polokwane in 2013, scoring a try in their match against Griquas Country Districts.^[2] After the competition, he was included in the 2013 South African Schools squad and he started for them in their 14–13 victory over Wales in Worcester.^[3]

He again played at the Craven Week in Middelburg in 2014, scoring a try against Boland during the tournament,^[4] and was once again included in the South African Schools side for 2014. He started against France,^[5] played off the bench against Wales^[6] and started their third match against England.^[7]

2014–

He made one appearance for the Golden Lions U19 side during the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship before officially joining their academy for 2015. He made his first class debut for them on 13 March 2015 in their 2015 Vodacom Cup match against the Limpopo Blue Bulls, helping them to a 31–21 victory.^[8]

He was named in a 37-man training squad for the South Africa national under-20 rugby union team^[9] and was an unused replacement for them in a friendly match against a Varsity Cup Dream Team in April 2015.^[10] He was then included in the squad that embarked on a two-match tour of Argentina.^[11] He started their first match of the tour, a 25–22 victory over Argentina^[12] but didn't feature in their 39–28 victory a few days later.^[13]

Upon the team's return, he was named in the final squad for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.^[14] He came on as a replacement in all three of their matches in Pool B of the competition; a 33–5 win against hosts Italy,^[15] a 40–8 win against Samoa^[16] and a 46–13 win over Australia^[17] to help South Africa finish top of Pool B to qualify for the semi-finals with the best record pool stage of all the teams in the competition. Jansen van Vuren was named on the bench for both their semi-final match against England, which they lost 20–28 to be eliminated from the competition by England for the second year in succession^[18] and their third-place play-off match against France, where South Africa achieved a 31–18 win to secure third place in the competition,^[19] but failed to get game time in either match.

References

1. "SARU Player Profile Marco Jansen van Vuren". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
2. "Match Breakdown: Valke vs Griquas CD". South African Rugby Union. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
3. "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs Wales". South African Rugby Union. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
4. "Match Breakdown: Valke vs Boland". South African Rugby Union. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
5. "Match Breakdown: SA Schools vs France U18". South African Rugby Union. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
6. "Match Breakdown: SA Schools vs Wales U18". South African Rugby Union. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
7. "Match Breakdown: SA Schools vs England U18". South African Rugby Union. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
8. "Match Breakdown: Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls vs Xerox Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
9. "Junior Bok training squad confirmed". South African Rugby Union. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
10. "Match Breakdown: Varsity Cup XV vs South Africa U/20". South African Rugby Union. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
11. "SARU names Junior Bok squad for Argentine tour". South African Rugby Union. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
12. "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 25 a 22". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
13. "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 39 a 28". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
14. "Liebenberg to lead Junior Boks at U20 World Championship in Italy". South African Rugby Union. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
15. "Match Breakdown: Italy U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
16. "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Samoa U20". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
17. "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Australia U20". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
18. "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs England U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
19. "Match Breakdown: France U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.