Jannie Claassens

Johannes Petrus "Jannie" Claassens (born 30 June 1969) is a South African former rugby union player.^[1][2]

Jannie Claassens

Birth name	Johannes Petrus Claassens
Date of birth	(1969-06-30) 30 June 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Welkom, Free State
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
School	Zeerust High School, Zeerust, North West
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1990–1998 Northern Transvaal 102 (58) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1994 South Africa National sevens team Years Team Comps 1993, 1996 South Africa 7s 4

Playing career

As a schoolboy Claassens represented Stellaland at the 1988 Craven Week tournament. He made his provincial debut for Northern Transvaal in 1990 and played 102 matches for the union. During 1992, Claassens was selected for the World XV that tour New Zealand to mark the centenary of the New Zealand Rugby Union.^[3]

In 1994 he toured with the Springboks to New Zealand and to Britain and Ireland. Claassens did not play in any test matches but played in eight tour matches, scoring three tries for the Springboks. In 1993 and in 1996, he represented South Africa in sevens.^[4]

Accolades

Claassens was voted as one of the five South Africa Young Players of the Year for 1990, along with Andrew Aitken, Bernard Fourie, Ian MacDonald and Theo Jansen van Rensburg.^[5]

See also

• List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 611
• List of South Africa national rugby sevens players

References

1. Van Rooyen, Quintus (1997). Bankfin Annual 1997. Montana Park: SA Rugby Writers' Society. p. 113. ISBN 0620209607.
2. "Jannie Claassens". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
3. Van Rooyen, Quintus (1993). Bankfin Annual 1993. Verwoerdburg: SA Rugby Writers' Society. p. 83. ISBN 0620172940.
4. Van Rooyen, Quintus (1997). Bankfin Annual 1997. Montana Park: SA Rugby Writers' Society. p. 96. ISBN 0620209607.
5. Van Rooyen, Quintus (1993). Bankfin Annual 1993. Verwoerdburg: SA Rugby Writers' Society. p. 14. ISBN 0620172940.