Jan de Klerk (rugby union)
| Full name | Johannes Cornelis de Klerk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 February 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pietersburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Pietersburg Hoërskool / Hoërskool Waterkloof, Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johannes Cornelis de Klerk (born 10 February 1991 in Pietersburg, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Template:Rut Stormers.[1] His regular position is lock.
Career
Youth
De Klerk grew up in Pietersburg (now Polokwane) and was selected to represent Limpopo at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2007.
After high school, De Klerk moved to the Western Cape and was linked up with Cape Town-based side Template:Rut Western Province. He made nine appearances for the Template:Rut Western Province U21 side during the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship, helping the side to third spot on the log to qualify for the semi-finals. He started their 19–18 victory over the Template:Rut Sharks U21s in the semi-final,[2] as well as in the final, where he could not prevent his side suffering a 13–22 defeat to the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U21 in Durban.[3]
Maties
He was included in the Template:Rut Maties squad for the 2013 Varsity Cup competition. He helped them to finish top of the log and beat the Template:Rut NMMU Madibaz 16–15 in the semi-final, but once again lost in a final, this time 5–44 to Template:Rut UP Tuks.[4]
He returned to Varsity Cup action in 2014, starting all eight of their matches during the season and scoring a try in each of their matches against Johannesburg-based rivals – one in a 18–15 win over Template:Rut Wits and one in a 24–8 win over Template:Rut UJ.[5] Maties finished third in the competition to qualify for the semi-finals, but were unable to beat their Cape Town rivals Template:Rut UCT Ikey Tigers, losing the match 8–20.[6]
Western Province / Stormers
Shortly after the conclusion of the 2014 Varsity Cup, De Klerk joined the Template:Rut Western Province squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup. He made his first class debut by starting in their 65–29 victory over Kenyan invitational side, Template:Rut Simba XV.[7] He also started their final two matches of the regular season, a 28–15 win over a Template:Rut Free State XV[8] and a 14–23 loss to the Template:Rut SWD Eagles in George,[9] as Western Province finished in fourth spot in the Southern Section to qualify for the quarter finals. De Klerk also started in their 8–13 defeat to the Template:Rut Pumas in Nelspruit in the quarter final.[10]
In 2015, he featured prominently for the Vodacom Cup side. He didn't feature in their opening match of the season against the Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers, but played in the remaining nine matches of the campaign, starting seven of those. He scored his first senior try in their Round Four match against the Template:Rut Border Bulldogs in a 34–6 win[11] and helped Western Province top the Southern Section log with seven wins out of seven. He played in their 47–22 victory over the Template:Rut Leopards in the quarter final,[12] their 10–6 win over the Template:Rut Blue Bulls in the semi-final[13] and also started the final, where he could not prevent the Template:Rut Pumas win the match 24–7 to win the competition for the first time in their history.[14]
De Klerk was named on the bench for the Template:Rut Stormers' final match of the round-robin stage of the 2015 Super Rugby season against the Template:Rut Sharks in Durban.[15]
References
- ^ "SARU Player Profile Jan de Klerk". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: Sharks vs DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: FNB Maties vs FNB UP-Tuks 1". South African Rugby Union. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: FNB UJ vs FNB MATIES". South African Rugby Union. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: FNB UCT 1ST XV vs FNB MATIES". South African Rugby Union. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Tusker Simba XV". South African Rugby Union. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Toyota Free State XV". South African Rugby Union. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: SWD Eagles vs DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: Steval Pumas vs DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Leopards XV". South African Rugby Union. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Steval Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Carr in the lead for Durban". Stormers. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.