Jaco Engels

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Jaco Engels
File:Jaco Engels 2015 RWC.jpg
Personal information
Full name Jaco Barny Engels
Born (1980-12-17) 17 December 1980 (age 43)
Oranjemund, South-West Africa
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 118 kg (260 lb; 18 st 8 lb)
School(s) attended Laerskool M.L. Fick, Hoër Volkskool, Potchefstroom
University PUK
Club information
Playing position Prop
Current club Wanderers
Youth career
1999–2002 Leopards
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2003–04 Leopards 40 (30)
2005 Boland Cavaliers 22 (20)
2006–10 Bulls 40 (10)
2006–10 Blue Bulls 67 (30)
2011–13 Eastern Province Kings 34 (20)
2013 Kings 4 (0)
2014– Trustco United ()
2015– Welwitschias 6 (0)
Representative team(s)‡
2009 Southern Kings 1 (0)
2011 South African Kings 3 (5)
2013– Namibia 15 (5)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 28 August 2015.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 11 October 2015.

Jaco Barny Engels (born 17 December 1980, in Oranjemund) is a Namibian rugby union player whose usual position is prop.[1][2] As youngster while at primary school, Laerskool M.L. Fick, received Springbok / National Colours in Trampolining.

Career

He has previously played for the Leopards, Boland Cavaliers and Blue Bulls in South Africa's Currie Cup. He has also played Super Rugby with the Bulls. He joined the Eastern Province Kings in 2011. He featured in both Currie Cup and Super Rugby winning squads while in Pretoria.

2013 Southern Kings Super Rugby season

He was included in the Kings squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.[3] He made appearances from the bench in each of the Kings' first four matches of the season, but SWD Eagles prop Grant Kemp was preferred to him for the remainder of the campaign. He made two appearances for the Eastern Province Kings 2013 Vodacom Cup campaign before linking up with Namibia for the 2013 Africa Cup.

International

He is eligible to play for Namibia, but did not play in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. He only made his debut for them aged 32, when he was included in a Namibian team to face a South Africa President's XV in 2013[4] and then represented Namibia in their 2013 Africa Cup Division 1B campaign.[5]

References

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