Joggie Jansen

In 1964 as a sixteen-year-old, Jansen played for Griquas at the first ever Craven Week tournament. After school he went to the University of the Free State and played provincial rugby for Free State and was a member of the Free State team that won the Currie Cup in 1976.

Jansen made his test debut for the Springboks in 1970 against New Zealand at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria and played in all four tests during the series against the touring All Blacks.^[2] 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.^[3] In 1971 he played in the test series against France and Australia. His last test match was the losing test against England in 1972.^[2] He played in a further five tour matches, scoring five tries to add to his one test try for the Springboks.^[4]

No.	Opponents	Results (SA 1st)	Position	Tries	Dates	Venue
1.	New Zealand	17–6	Centre		25 July 1970	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
2.	New Zealand	8–9	Centre	1	8 August 1970	Newlands, Cape Town
3.	New Zealand	14–3	Centre		29 August 1970	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
4.	New Zealand	20–17	Centre		12 September 1970	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
5.	France	22–9	Centre		12 June 1971	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
6.	France	8–8	Centre		19 June 1971	Kings Park, Durban
7.	Australia	19–11	Centre		17 July 1971	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
8.	Australia	14–6	Centre		31 July 1971	Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane
9.	Australia	18–6	Centre		7 August 1971	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
10.	England	9–18	Centre		3 June 1972	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

• List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 444