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Jacques Jacobus "Vleis" Engelbrecht (born 10 June 1985) is a South African professional
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player, currently playing in France with French
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. He can play as a flanker or a number eight.


Career


Youth / amateur rugby / Western Province

Engelbrecht played high school rugby for
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, where he played as a flanker for their first team in 2002 and 2003. He represented in the 2005 Under-21 Provincial Championship and played club rugby for Hamiltons in the Western Province Super League. He was one of a number of club players that trained with squad during their
2007 Currie Cup Premier Division The 2007 Absa Group Limited, ABSA Currie Cup season was contested from June through to October. The Currie Cup is an annual domestic competition for provincial rugby union teams in South Africa. The competition was won by the Free State Cheetah ...
campaign and he got an opportunity to make one appearance for them, coming on as a replacement in their final match of the regular season to make his first class debut in a 37–7 victory over . He made one more appearance for them the following season, starting their
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semi-final match against the , where they suffered a 22–27 defeat.


SWD Eagles

Engelbrecht moved to
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prior to the
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to join the . He made three starts and five appearances off the bench in the competition as the Eagles finished third on the log to qualify for the semi-finals. One of Engelbrecht's starts was in their semi-final match against the , but he ended the match on the losing side, with the team from
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– and eventual champions – running out 27–17 winners. Engelbrecht started the 2009 Vodacom Cup playing as a winger for the SWD Eagles in their 43–20 victory over the in Uniondale, but reverted to his more accustomed loose-forward role for the remainder of the campaign, making a total of six appearances as the side finished in second spot on the Southern Section log before losing to the in the quarter finals of the competition. Engelbrecht featured in a compulsory friendly match against the before making ten appearances in the
2009 Currie Cup First Division The 2009 Absa Currie Cup First Division season was contested from 11 July through to 16 October. The Currie Cup is an annual domestic competition for provincial rugby union teams in South Africa. The Currie Cup tournament (also known as the Ab ...
. The SWD Eagles finished the round-robin stage of the competition in second position on the log to qualify for the semi-finals. Engelbrecht started their 31–18 victory over the in the semi-final and also in the final, where he ended on the losing side, with
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-based side the winning the title by beating them 47–19. As runners-up, the SWD Eagles still qualified for the
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and Engelbrecht started both matches against the . They lost 42–47 in the first leg in
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and an 18–17 victory in the second leg was not enough to get the SWD Eagles promoted. By 2010, Engelbrecht had established himself as a first-team regular and started six of their seven matches in the
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, but his side had a poor season compared to 2009 and failed to qualify for the quarter finals, winning just two of their matches in the competition. He played in a compulsory friendly match against in
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and featured in all ten matches during the regular season of the
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, starting nine of those. Engelbrecht scored the first points of his career, getting the first of the SWD Eagles' eight tries in their 55–47 victory over the in Kempton Park, although this occasion was spoiled by Engelbrecht also getting sin-binned for the final few minutes of the match. The SWD Eagles had a far more successful season than their Vodacom Cup campaign and finished top of the log to qualify for the semi-finals with home advantage. Engelbrecht scored the second try of his career in the SWD Eagles' 32–30 victory over the in their semi-final and also started the final, where his side fell just short, losing 12–16 to the . In addition to losing in the final for the second consecutive year, the SWD Eagles also failed to win promotion for the season year in a row. They once again faced the in the
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, but could not overcome a 22–37 defeat in the first leg, with a 32–28 victory in the second leg proving to not be enough. His performances during the course of the season led to him being nominated as the First Division Player of the Season, although the award was eventually won by winger Norman Nelson.


South African Sevens

Shortly after the Currie Cup season finished, Engelbrecht was included in the
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squad that played in the
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tournament, where they won the Plate tournament. This turned out to be his only selection in the Blitzbokke squad.


Eastern Province Kings / Kings

For the 2011 season, and after a short trial period at the , Engelbrecht moved to the
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to join the . He started in three matches for them during the
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competition and scored two tries in their 26–16 victory over . The Eastern Province Kings won six of their eight matches in the competition, but missed out on a quarter final spot after they were deducted nine points for fielding ineligible players in their matches. In June 2011, Engelbrecht was included in a South African Kings side that participated at the
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in
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. The South African Kings was the name used by the Southern Kings franchise, as part of their preparations for their inclusion into
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in 2013. Engelbrecht started their first two matches as the Kings beat 31–17 and hosts 27–23. He missed out on their 39–12 victory over in their final match to win the sixth edition of the competition. Engelbrecht featured in a compulsory friendly match against the before making nine appearances in the
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. The Eastern Province Kings won nine out of their ten matches in the competition to qualify for a semi-final match against the . They ran out 48–17 winners in the semi-final with Engelbrecht scoring a first-half try. He also played in the final, but ended on the losing side for the third year in succession, as
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-based outfit ran out 43–12 winners. Engelbrecht started all of the Eastern Province Kings' eight matches during the
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and scored tries in their matches against defending champions and against a as they finished third in the Southern Section to qualify for the quarter finals. He played in their quarter final match against the , which the side from
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won 30–19. Prior to the
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, Engelbrecht featured in two more first class matches; the first was a match for a South African Barbarians (South) side against during their 2012 tour of South Africa which saw Engelbrecht score the opening try in a 26–54 defeat for the Barbarians, while his second match was for the Eastern Province Kings in a 36–19 victory against a South African Students side. Engelbrecht made appearances for the Kings in their matches against the and in the
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, but missed the remainder of the season after he had to undergo an operation to remove ulcers from his colon. In his absence, the Eastern Province Kings went on to clinch the First Division title, beating the 26–25 in the final. They failed to gain promotion to the
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, however, losing both their promotion play-off matches against the , losing 14–53 in
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and 6–16 in Port Elizabeth to remain in the First Division. Engelbrecht returned to action in 2013, when he was named in the squad for the
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. He made his
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debut in the Kings' first ever match in the competition, coming on as a first half replacement as the Kings ran out 22–10 winners against
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n side the . He made his first Super Rugby start two weeks later when the Kings hosted the and scored his first try in Super Rugby the following week, in a 24–35 defeat to the in
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. He eventually made fifteen appearances in the competition – ten starts and five appearances off the bench – during the competition as the Kings finished last on the log. That meant they had to play in a relegation play-off series against the and Engelbrecht started both legs of the play-offs; a 26–19 win for the Lions in the first leg and a 23–18 win for the Kings in the second leg meant that the Lions regained their Super Rugby status at the expense of the Kings by virtue of having a better points difference.


Blue Bulls / Bulls

After the
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, Engelbrecht moved to
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to join the , signing a contract until October 2016. He made eight appearances for the Blue Bulls during the
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– the first time he played in the Premier Division of the Currie Cup since his 2007 cameo appearance for – as they finished in fifth spot to miss out on the title play-offs. Engelbrecht was included in the squad for the
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and made his debut in a 31–16 defeat to the in
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. He made his first Super Rugby start for the Bulls the following week in a 9–15 defeat to the in
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and eventually made thirteen appearances in the competition for a Bulls side that finished second in the South African Conference, but failed to qualify for the finals. He also made a single appearance for the Blue Bulls in the
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. Engelbrecht made one start (against the ) and five substitute appearances during the
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as the Blue Bulls finished in fourth spot on the log before losing to in the semi-finals. Despite being named in the squad for the
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, Engelbrecht failed to make any appearances in the competition, instead making six starts for the Blue Bulls in the
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competition.


Eastern Province Kings (loan)

Prior to the
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, the Blue Bulls announced that Engelbrecht would return to the on loan for the duration of the tournament. Engelbrecht came on as a replacement in matches against the and the and started their match against the , but then suffered a
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which ruled him out of action for two rounds. He made one appearance as a replacement and three starts in the remainder of the competition, helping the Eastern Province Kings improve on their 2014 record by winning two matches to finish in seventh position in the eight-team league.


Southern Kings (2016)

In January 2016, it was announced that Engelbrecht would return to the for their re-entry into the
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competition in
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. He started their first four matches of the season in the number eight shirt, but lost his starting place to Aidon Davis who returned from an injury lay-off. After one more appearance as a replacement against the , he dropped out of the squad altogether and was lent to the for the
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series, a competition in which Engelbrecht made four appearances. He returned to the Super Rugby squad, making another four appearances as a replacement and started their final match of the competition, a 24–52 defeat to the . In total, he made five starts and five appearances as a replacement during the season, without scoring a try in a season that saw the Kings finish bottom of the South African Group and second-last overall, winning just two matches.


Boland Cavaliers


Montauban

After the
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season, Engelbrecht moved to France, joining
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side
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on a two-year contract.


Sporting Club Albigeois

After briefly appearing in four matches for French side Mâcon in 2020, Engelbrecht signed for
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side Sporting Club Albigeois in February 2021


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References

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