Jacquin Jansen (born 27 May 1986) is a South African

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who last played for the . His regular position is full-back or fly-half.

Career

Youth

In 2007, Jansen represented the in the Under-21 Provincial Championship competition.

Senior career

Jansen made his senior debut the following season, coming on as a late substitution in the

2008 Currie Cup Premier Division The 2008 Currie Cup Premier Division season (known as the ABSA Currie Cup due to sponsorship) was contested from 20 June through to 25 October. The Currie Cup is an annual domestic competition for provincial rugby union teams in South Africa. T ...

match against the – still his only appearance in the Currie Cup Premier Division. Jansen made four appearances in the 2009 Vodacom Cup (starting two games as fly-half), but only became a regular starter the following season. He made twenty appearances and scored 176 points in 2010. 53 points in the

2010 Vodacom Cup The 2010 Vodacom Cup was contested from 26 February to 7 May. The 2010 Vodacom Cup is the 13th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Prem ...

made him eighth top scorer and he did even better in the

2010 Currie Cup First Division The 2010 Currie Cup First Division was contested from 16 July through to 15 October 2010. The tournament (also known as the Absa Currie Cup First Division for sponsorship reasons) is the second tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union ...

, finishing second in the scoring charts with 119 points. He also scored four points in the Currie Cup pre-season compulsory friendlies. Jansen's 2011 was curtailed by shoulder and hamstring injuries, making just four appearances, but he returned to the Boland first team in 2012, making 20 appearances and scoring 94 points in the 2012

Vodacom Cup The Vodacom Cup was an annual rugby union competition in South Africa. Annual Vodacom Cup competitions were played between its inaugural season in 1998 and 2015 and was contested between February and May each year. The Vodacom Cup was the succes ...

and

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 ...

competitions. In 2013, Jansen was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup and won the tournament after winning all three matches. Jansen joined for the start of the 2014 season.

References

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