Joachim Scholtz 'Joggie' Jansen (born 5 February 1948) is a former South African

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player.

Playing career

In 1964 as a sixteen-year-old, Jansen played for at the first ever

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tournament. After school he went to the

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and played provincial rugby for and was a member of the Free State team that won the

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. Jansen made his

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debut for the

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in 1970 against

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at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria and played in all four tests during the series against the touring All Blacks. Jansen also gained fame in his first Test for his excellent tackle on All Black flyhalf Wayne Cottrell, that helped swing the momentum of the game in favour of the Springboks. In 1971 he played in the test series against

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and

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. His last test match was the losing test against

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in 1972. He played in a further five tour matches, scoring five tries to add to his one test try for the Springboks.

Test history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jansen, Joggie 1948 births Living people South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players Free State Cheetahs players People from Siyancuma Local Municipality Rugby union players from the Northern Cape Rugby union centres

Playing career

Test history

See also

References