Eugene Jantjies (born 10 August 1986 in

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scrum-half, currently playing for the .

Club career

He played for Namibian side Western Suburbs from 2004 to 2007. He then moved to Farul Constanţa, in the

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, where he played from 2008 to 2010, and once again from 2012 to 2014. He played for Namibian side in the

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competitions in

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, and for South African side the in the

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. He returned to Farul Constanţa for the 2013 and 2014 season before joining

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for 2015. In 2016, he returned to Namibia to play for the Welwitschias in the 2016 Currie Cup First Division.

International career

Since his debut in 2006 against Kenya in Windhoek, Jantjies has played in 67 matches for

, which is the overall national record for the most number of Test caps. He has scored four tries, 15 conversions, 8 penalties and one drop goal (77 points on aggregate). He was called for the

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in France, playing in four games but without scoring. He was called once again for the

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in New Zealand, playing in four games and not scoring, and for the

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in England, where he played in three games and scored a try against Argentina. His selection for the

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in Japan makes him the first Namibian to appear in four RWC tournaments. Jantjies’s 50th Test match came off the bench during the 34-32 win against Spain during the 2016 World Rugby Nations Cup tournament in Bucharest.

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