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South African rugby player
Rugby player
| Full name | Ignatius Johannes Rens | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 July 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 December 1989 (aged 60) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80Â m (5Â ft 11Â in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69.9Â kg (154Â lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ignatius Johannes Rens (19 July 1929 – 19 December 1989) was a South African dual–code international rugby player.[1]
Born in Potchefstroom, Rens started out in rugby union. He was a Transvaal representative player, capped twice for the Springboks, both times as a fly–half in their home series against the Wallabies in 1953. Coming into the XV for the third Test match in Durban, Rens contributed three conversions in a 18-8 win, then for the final Test match in Port Elizabeth kicked a further 13 points in another Springboks win, which included a drop goal.[2]
Rens later switched to rugby league and played as a five–eighth for Southern Suburbs. In 1963, Rens was a member of the first South Africa national rugby league team to undertake a tour of Australia.[3]
Originally a farmer, Rens also operated the Punch Bowl hotel in Transvaal for a period in the 1970s.[4]
