About Jannie Claassens
Born 1969. Jannie Claassens is a rugby union player.
Johannes Petrus "Jannie" Claassens (born 30 June 1969) is a South African former rugby union player.
Playing career As a schoolboy Claassens represented at the 1988 Craven Week tournament. He made his provincial debut for in 1990 and played 102 matches for the union. During 1992, Claassens was selected for the World XV that tour New Zealand to mark the centenary of the New Zealand Rugby Union.
In 1994 he toured with the Springboks to New Zealand and to Britain and Ireland. Claassens did not play in any test matches but played in eight tour matches, scoring three tries for the Springboks. In 1993 and in 1996, he represented South Africa in sevens.
Accolades Claassens was voted as one of the five South Africa Young Players of the Year for 1990, along with Andrew Aitken, Bernard Fourie, Ian MacDonald and Theo Jansen van Rensburg.
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Jannie Claassens was born on 30 June 1969.
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