Jannie de Beer

This article is about the rugby player. For the painter, see Jan de Beer (painter). For the bowls international, see Jannie de Beer (bowls).

Jannie de Beer
Birth nameJan Hendrik de Beer
Date of birth (1971-04-22) 22 April 1971 (age 53)
Place of birthNorth Shields, Free State, South Africa
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
SchoolWessel Maree High School, Odendaalsrus
UniversityUniversity of the Free State
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flyhalf
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1998–99 London Scottish 16 (168)
2001–02 Saracens 6 (53)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1990–94, 96–99 Free State 80 (915)
1995 Transvaal ()
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
1998 Cats 6 (72)
2000 Bulls 10 (123)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1997–99 South Africa 13 (181)

Jan Hendrik "Jannie" de Beer (born 22 April 1971) is a South African former rugby union player. He played flyhalf for the South African national team, the Springboks. In all he represented the Springboks in 13 tests, scoring 181 points.[1][2] He was principally known as a kicking fly-half.[3]

  1. ^ "Jannie de Beer | Rugby Union | Players and Officials". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  2. ^ Schoeman, Chris (2000). Who's who of South African rugby 2000 (5th ed.). Cape Town: Strobe Communications. p. 24. ISBN 0620261889. OCLC 56517006.
  3. ^ Dobson, Paul (1999). Champions and challengers. London: Struik. p. 74. ISBN 1-86872-393-3. OCLC 43526923.