Eugene Jantjies

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Eugene Jantjies
South-West Africa
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb; 14 st 2 lb)
SchoolWindhoek High School
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
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2006–present Namibia 68 (77)
Correct as of 14 September 2019

Eugene Jantjies (born 10 August 1986 in

scrum-half, currently playing for the Welwitschias
.

Club career

He played for Namibian side Western Suburbs from 2004 to 2007. He then moved to

Dinamo București
for 2015.

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

International career

Since his debut in 2006 against Kenya in Windhoek, Jantjies has played in 67 matches for Namibia, which is the overall national record for the most number of Test caps. He has scored four tries, 15 conversions, 8 penalties and one drop goal (77 points on aggregate).

He was called for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, playing in four games but without scoring. He was called once again for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, playing in four games and not scoring, and for the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England, where he played in three games and scored a try against Argentina.

His selection for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan makes him the first Namibian to appear in four RWC tournaments.

Jantjies’s 50th Test match came off the bench during the 34-32 win against Spain during the 2016 World Rugby Nations Cup tournament in Bucharest.

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