Janro van Niekerk
Appearance
Full name | Johannes Lambrechts van Niekerk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 November 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Worcester, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Paarl Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johannes Lambrechts "Janro" van Niekerk (born 5 November 1982) is a South African rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is loosehead prop.[citation needed] He represented Boland Cavaliers between 2006 and 2011 and Griquas between 2012 and 2014.[citation needed]
After Van Niekerk's Griquas contract expired at the conclusion of the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, Van Niekerk moved back to Paarl to pursue a work opportunity.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Griekwas groet vier in stryd teen Kings". Die Burger (in Afrikaans). 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
External links
[edit]- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Janro van Niekerk". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- itsrugby.co.uk profile
Categories:
- Living people
- 1982 births
- Afrikaner people
- South African people of Dutch descent
- South African rugby union players
- Rugby union props
- Griquas (rugby union) players
- Boland Cavaliers players
- Rugby union players from Worcester, South Africa
- Alumni of Paarl Boys' High School
- South African rugby union biography stubs