Nicolaas Jacobus Janse van Rensburg (born 6 May 1994) is a South African professional rugby union player, currently playing with in the French Top 14. His regular position is lock.

Career

Youth

He represented the 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 and England In 2013, he was included in the squad for the

2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship The 2013 ABSA Under-19 Provincial Championship will be contested from 12 July to 26 October 2013. The tournament will feature the Under-19 players from the fourteen provincial rugby unions in South Africa. Competition Group A There are seven part ...

. He scored a try in his first match for the side against the and made a total of nine appearances, including the final of the competition, where the Blue Bulls beat the side to win the trophy. He was selected in the South Africa Under-20 squad that participated at the

2014 IRB Junior World Championship The 2014 IRB Junior World Championship was the seventh annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in Auckland, New Zealand by rugby's governing body, World Rugby, then known as the Internation ...

. He started in all five their matches during the competition – after featuring in their pool stage victories over Scotland, New Zealand and Samoa, which saw South Africa qualify for the finals, he then started their semi-final against New Zealand and the final against England, but couldn't prevent them suffering a 21–20 defeat in the final.

Blue Bulls

Janse van Rensburg made his first class debut during the

2014 Vodacom Cup The 2014 Vodacom Cup was played between 7 March and 16 May 2014 and was the 17th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. This edition of the Vodacom Cup was played between fourteen provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Cu ...

competition when he played off the bench in a match against in Pretoria. A second substitute appearance followed a week later against the in

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Montpellier

Janse van Rensburg moved to France in 2016 to join Top 14 side .

South Africa 'A'

In 2021, Janse van Rensburg was included in the South Africa 'A' team that played against the touring British and Irish Lions team. He came on as a replacement in their match in Cape Town, ending on the winning side as the South Africa 'A' team ran out 17–13 winners.

References

External links

Nico Janse van Rensburg
on ''itsrugby.co.uk''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Janse van Rensburg, Nico South African rugby union players Living people 1994 births Rugby union players from Pretoria Rugby union locks Blue Bulls players Bulls (rugby union) players Montpellier Hérault Rugby players South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players South African expatriate rugby union players in France South Africa international rugby union players Alumni of Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool