Rohan Janse van Rensburg (born 11 September 1994) is a South African professional

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player for South African

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side the

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. His regular position is inside centre.

Career

Youth

Janse van Rensburg represented the at the 2007 Under-13 Craven Week, the 2010 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and the 2011 and 2012 editions of the Under-18

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tournaments. He was also called into the South African Schools squad in 2012.

Senior career

His senior debut for the came in the

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competition, when he came on as a substitute in the match against the . He then started five of their remaining six matches in this competition. Janse van Rensburg moved to

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for the 2015 to join the .

2016 season

The 2016 Super Rugby season was the breakthrough for Janse van Rensburg. At inside centre, he had a very successful partnership with fellow centre, Springbok

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. Janse van Rensburg managed to score 10 tries in 17 games;which is very prolific for a number 12. The Golden Lions managed to make the 2016 Super Rugby final but lost to the

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20-3.

Sale Sharks

Janse van Rensburg made eight appearances for English Premiership side in the 2017–18 English Premiership during a loan spell in 2018, before returning on a permanent deal before the 2018–19 season. He was fined £32,500 and handed a two-week suspension in April 2020 for breaching protocol having been contracted to two teams. Sale Sharks were also found to have breached rules about the way they approached him.

Representative rugby

Janse van Rensburg was included in the S.A. Schools squad in 2012 and the South Africa Under-20 squad for the

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tournaments.

Springboks

Janse van Rensburg first represented Springboks XV in a non-cap friendly vs

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in which he scored a last-gasp try to secure a 31-31 draw. He was later included in the

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squad for their 2016 Outgoing series of Europe. He started the final game of the tour vs

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at inside centre where the Springboks lost.

References

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