Pieter-Jan van Lill (born 4 December 1983 in

Keetmanshoop Keetmanshoop is a city in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, lying on the Trans-Namib Railway from Windhoek to Upington in South Africa. It is named after Johann Keetman, a German industrialist and benefactor of the city. History Befo ...

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 ...

) is a

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player. Van Lill was on the Namibian squads for the

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. He started his French rugby career with Dax in July 2014 where he stayed for 1 season and played 21 games for the Landes team. van Lill joined Aviron Bayonnais in 2015 where he played 99 games during his 5 season at Bayonne.

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* 1983 births Living people People from Keetmanshoop Sportspeople from ǁKaras Region Rugby union number eights Namibian rugby union players Namibian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in France Namibian expatriate sportspeople in France Namibia international rugby union players US Dax players Aviron Bayonnais players White Namibian people Namibian Afrikaner people Valence Romans Drôme Rugby players 2011 Rugby World Cup players 2015 Rugby World Cup players 2019 Rugby World Cup players 2023 Rugby World Cup players {{Namibia-rugbyunion-bio-stub