Jano Venter
Date of birth | 8 January 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Witbank, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 116 kg (18 st 4 lb; 256 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | HTS Middelburg, Middelburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jano Venter (born 8 January 1994) is a South African professional rugby union player for the Bulls in Super Rugby and the Blue Bulls XV in the Rugby Challenge.[1] His regular position is number eight.
Career
Youth / Pumas
At high school level, Venter was selected to represent the Pumas at the 2010 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and again at the 2012 Under-18 Craven Week, the premier high school rugby union competition in South Africa. After the Craven Week, he was also selected to represent a South Africa Schools team that played in the 2012 Under-18 International Series held in the Western Cape against European opposition. He played in all three of South Africa's matches in the competition, starting their 17–7 victory over France[2] and their 24–16 victory over Wales[3] and came on as a second-half replacement in their 36–29 victory over England.[4]
Golden Lions
After high school, Venter joined the youth setup of Johannesburg-based side the Golden Lions. He started thirteen of the Golden Lions U19 side's fourteen matches during the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship; eleven of those appearances came during the round-robin stage of the competition as the Golden Lions finished second on the log to qualify for the semi-finals, with Venter scoring tries in their matches against the Blue Bulls U19,[5] Western Province U19,[6] Free State U19[7] and two tries in their match against Border U19.[8] He scored another try in their semi-final match against the Sharks U21, which ultimately proved to be decisive as the Golden Lions ran out 27–25 winners.[9] He also started the final of the competition against the Blue Bulls U19, but his participation ended in the 54th minute of a match when Venter and his Blue Bulls counterpart Chris Massyn were both sent off after several punches were thrown.[10][11] The Golden Lions eventually lost the match 23–35 to finish as runners-up in the competition.[12]
Venter moved up to the Golden Lions U21 age-group in 2014 and made five appearances for them in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He scored one try in their match against the Leopards[13] as the Golden Lions finished in third spot to clinch a semi-final berth. Venter came on as a replacement in their semi-final against the Blue Bulls U21, but could not prevent them suffering a 19–23 defeat.[14]
Venter was included in the Golden Lions' squad for the
Venter reverted to the
References
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Jano Venter". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 17–7 France". South African Rugby Union. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 24–16 Wales". South African Rugby Union. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 36–29 England". South African Rugby Union. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 15–12 MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – MTN Golden Lions 31–26 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Toyota Free State 35–34 MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – MTN Golden Lions 47–17 Border". South African Rugby Union. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – MTN Golden Lions 27–25 The Sharks U19". South African Rugby Union. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "U19: Blue Bulls race to victory". Rugby365. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Vodacom Blue Bulls win Under-19 title". South African Rugby Union. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – MTN Golden Lions 23–35 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Golden Lions U21 43–13 Leopards U21". South African Rugby Union. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls U21 23–19 Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls 21–31 Xerox Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Hino Valke 26–48 Xerox Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Steval Pumas 16–24 Xerox Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Xerox Golden Lions 63–10 Leopards XV". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Down Touch Griffons 20–36 Xerox Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Xerox Golden Lions 29–21 SWD Eagles". South African Rugby Union. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Xerox Golden Lions 20–43 Steval Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – EP Kings U21 14–73 Golden Lions U21". South African Rugby Union. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "Cronje captains Lions". Sport24. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.