Jannie Barnard
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South Africa
| Full name | Johannes Hendrikus Barnard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 January 1945 Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 February 1985 (aged 40) near Potchefstroom, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johannes Hendrikus Barnard (29 January 1945 – 21 February 1985), known as Jannie Barnard, was a South African international rugby union player of the 1960s.
Barnard, the younger brother of Springboks hooker Robbie, was educated at Hoërskool Fakkel.[1]
A lightly built fly–half, Barnard represented Transvaal and was capped five times for the Springboks in 1965. He made his debut against Scotland 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.[2] After playing both Test matches in Australia, Barnard was displaced for the All Blacks series by Keith Oxlee, who possessed a better kicking game. He however returned to play the final two of four Test matches played between the sides.[3]
Barnard died in a car accident in 1985.[4]