Nico Janse van Rensburg

Nico Janse van Rensburg

Personal information
Full name	Nicolaas Jacobus Janse van Rensburg
Born	6 May 1994 Pretoria, South Africa
Height	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
School(s) attended	Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, Pretoria
Club information
Playing position	Lock
Current club	Blue Bulls / Bulls
Youth career
2010–	Blue Bulls
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2014–	Blue Bulls	24	(0)
2014–	Bulls	5	(0)
Representative team(s)^‡
2012	S.A. Schools	2	(0)
2014	S.A. Under-20	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 1 May 2016. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 3 July 2014.

Nicolaas Jacobus Janse van Rensburg (born 6 May 1994 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Bulls in Super Rugby and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup.^[1] His regular position is lock.

Career

Youth

He represented the Blue Bulls at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2010 and at the Under-18 Craven Week in 2012. As a result of the latter, he earned a call-up to the South African Schools side in 2012, where he started in two of their matches, against Wales^[2] and England^[3]

In 2013, he was included in the Blue Bulls U19 squad for the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He scored a try in his first match for the side against the Leopards^[4] and made a total of nine appearances, including the final of the competition, where the Blue Bulls beat the Golden Lions U19 side to win the trophy.

He was selected in the South Africa Under-20 squad that participated at the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship.^[5] He started in all five their matches during the competition – after featuring in their pool stage victories over Scotland,^[6] New Zealand^[7] and Samoa,^[8] which saw South Africa qualify for the semi-finals, he then started their semi-final against New Zealand^[9] and the final against England, but couldn't prevent them suffering a 21–20 defeat in the final.^[10]

Blue Bulls

Janse van Rensburg made his first class debut during the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition when he played off the bench in a match against Griquas in Pretoria.^[11] A second substitute appearance followed a week later against the Pumas in Nelspruit.^[12]

References

1. "SARU Player Profile Nico Janse van Rensburg". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
2. "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs Wales". South African Rugby Union. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
3. "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs England". South African Rugby Union. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
4. "Match Breakdown: Leopards vs Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
5. "Junior Springboks named for JWC 2014". South African Rugby Union. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
6. "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs Scotland". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
7. "Match Breakdown: New Zealand vs South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
8. "Match Breakdown: Samoa vs South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
9. "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs New Zealand". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
10. "Match Breakdown: England vs South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
11. "Match Breakdown: Vodacom Blue Bulls vs GWK Griquas". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
12. "Match Breakdown: Steval Pumas vs Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.