Janco Venter (born 19 September 1994) is a Namibian

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. He plays at

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or flanker for

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and has represented

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

at International level. He was named in Namibia's squad for the

2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was onl ...

. On 19 March 2018, it was announced Venter had signed for

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, in the RFU Championship. He left Jersey in July 2020 to join

from the 2020-21 season.

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* 1994 births Living people Namibian rugby union players Namibia international rugby union players White Namibian people Place of birth missing (living people) Rugby union flankers Rugby union locks Rugby union number eights Rugby union players from Windhoek Welwitschias players Western Province (rugby union) players Jersey Reds players Saracens F.C. players Griquas (rugby union) players 2015 Rugby World Cup players 2019 Rugby World Cup players {{Namibia-rugbyunion-bio-stub