Rugby player
| Full name | Johannes Lambrechts van Niekerk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1982-11-05) 5 November 1982 (age 42) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Worcester, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Paarl Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johannes Lambrechts "Janro" van Niekerk (born 5 November 1982) is a South African rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is loosehead prop. He represented Boland Cavaliers between 2006 and 2011 and Griquas between 2012 and 2014.
After Van Niekerk's Griquas contract expired at the conclusion of the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, Van Niekerk moved back to Paarl to pursue a work opportunity.
References
- "Griekwas groet vier in stryd teen Kings". Die Burger (in Afrikaans). 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
External links
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Janro van Niekerk". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- itsrugby.co.uk profile
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- Living people
- 1982 births
- Afrikaner people
- South African people of Dutch descent
- South African rugby union players
- Rugby union props
- Griquas (rugby union) players
- Boland Cavaliers players
- Rugby union players from Worcester, South Africa
- Alumni of Paarl Boys' High School
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- South African rugby union biography stubs