Johannes Hendrikus Barnard (29 January 1945 – 21 February 1985), known as Jannie Barnard, was a South African international

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player of the 1960s. Barnard, the younger brother of Springboks hooker

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, was educated at Hoërskool Fakkel. A lightly built fly–half, Barnard represented Transvaal and was capped five times for the Springboks in 1965. He made his debut against

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during a short tour of the British Isles, impressing enough to earn a place on their much longer tour of Australia and New Zealand which followed. After playing both Test matches in Australia, Barnard was displaced for the All Blacks series by

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, who possessed a better kicking game. He however returned to play the final two of four Test matches played between the sides. Barnard died in a car accident in 1985.

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