Brent Janse van Rensburg (born ) is a South African

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coach, currently the defence coach for

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in the

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Career

He started his career at the South African Rugby Institute in Stellenbosch, also coaching at

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, before moving to Queenstown to become the Head of Rugby at Queen's College. He coached Border's

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team for two years – winning eight of his nine matches in charge of the side – before also getting involved with the

Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...

and

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teams. He became Technical Director and head coach at Alan Zondagh's Rugby Performance Centre in Riebeek Valley. He was appointed as the head coach of

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side prior to the 2011 Varsity Cup season, where he remained for three seasons. Having finished in the bottom two of the

before his arrival, Janse van Rensburg guided them to fifth spot in

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and went one better in

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, helping them reach the semi-finals of the competition for the first time in their history. His coaching of the team also led to him being named an assistant coach for the South African Universities team in the same season. After the 2013 season, Janse van Rensburg was replaced as head coach by David Maidza, but remained involved with NMMU in a consulting capacity. At the start of 2014, Janse van Rensburg was appointed as the Director of Rugby at

Grey High School Grey High School is a semi-private English speaking high school (grades 8 - 12) for boys situated in the suburb of Mill Park in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is one of the top sporting schools in the country, ...

. He moved to

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to join the at the start of 2015 as forwards coach and High Performance Coach of the union, but returned to Port Elizabeth just over a month later to become the head defense coach for the . In June 2015, Janse van Rensburg was appointed as the head coach for the EP Kings for the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division campaign. He was also initially appointed as the head coach of the

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side for

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, but resigned from the role in December 2015. On 14 December 2021

announced that he would be joining the club as defence coach until the end of the 2021/22 season.

References

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