Eugene Jantjies

Eugene Jantjies

Full name	Eugene Anthony Jantjies
Date of birth	(1986-08-10) 10 August 1986
Place of birth	Gobabis, South-West Africa
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Current team Welwitschias Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2004–2007 Western Suburbs () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2008–2010 Farul Constanţa () 2010–2011 Welwitschias 13 (21) 2012 Leopards 6 (0) 2013–2014 Farul Constanţa 22 (39) 2014 București Wolves 2 (0) 2015 Dinamo București 9 (50) 2016–present Welwitschias 19 (61) Correct as of 21 May 2018 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2006–present Namibia 66 (77) Correct as of 26 August 2018

Eugene Jantjies (born 10 August 1986 in Gobabis, South-West Africa) is a Namibian rugby union scrum-half, currently playing for the Welwitschias.

Club career

He played for Namibian side Western Suburbs from 2004 to 2007. He then moved to Farul Constanţa, in the Romanian Rugby Championship, where he played from 2008 to 2010, and once again from 2012 to 2014. He played for Namibian side Welwitschias in the South African Vodacom Cup competitions in 2010 and 2011, and for South African side the Leopards in the 2012 Vodacom Cup. He returned to Farul Constanţa for the 2013 and 2014 season before joining Dinamo București for 2015.

In 2016, he returned to Namibia to play for the Welwitschias in the 2016 Currie Cup First Division.

International career

He has 48 caps for Namibia, since 2006, with 4 tries, 3 conversions, 7 penalties and 1 drop goal scored, 50 points on aggregate. He was called for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing in four games but without scoring. He was called once again for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing in four games and not scoring, and for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, where he played in three games and scored a try.

References

• ESPN Scrum Profile