Brent Janse van Rensburg
Date of birth (1980-08-06) 6 August 1980 (age 43)
SchoolWestering High School, Port Elizabeth
Rugby union career
Current team Pumas
Coaching career
Years Team
2001–2007 South African Rugby Institute
2007–2008 Queen's College
(professional coach)
2008–2009 Border Under-18
(head coach)
2008–2009 Border Bulldogs
(technical adviser)
2009–2010 Rugby Performance Centre
(head coach)
2011–2013 NMMU Madibaz
(head coach)
2012–2013 South African Universities
(assistant coach)
2014 Grey High School
(director of rugby)
2015 Golden Lions
(high performance coach)
2015 Eastern Province Kings
(defence coach)
2015 Eastern Province Kings
(head coach)
2016 Boland Cavaliers
(head coach)
2017–2018 Pumas
(head coach)
2019–2021 Griquas
(head coach)
2021– Bath
(defence coach)

Brent Janse van Rensburg (born (1980-08-06)6 August 1980) is a South African rugby union coach, currently the defence coach for Bath Rugby in the English Premiership.

Career

He started his career at the South African Rugby Institute in Stellenbosch, also coaching at Paul Roos Gymnasium, before moving to Queenstown to become the Head of Rugby at Queen's College. He coached Border's Craven Week team for two years – winning eight of his nine matches in charge of the side[1] – before also getting involved with the Border Bulldogs Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup teams.[2] He became Technical Director and head coach at Alan Zondagh's Rugby Performance Centre in Riebeek Valley.

He was appointed as the head coach of Varsity Cup side NMMU Madibaz prior to the 2011 Varsity Cup season, where he remained for three seasons.[3] Having finished in the bottom two of the Varsity Cup before his arrival, Janse van Rensburg guided them to fifth spot in 2012 and went one better in 2013, helping them reach the semi-finals of the competition for the first time in their history. His coaching of the team also led to him being named an assistant coach for the South African Universities team in the same season.[4]

After the 2013 season, Janse van Rensburg was replaced as head coach by David Maidza, but remained involved with NMMU in a consulting capacity.[5]

At the start of 2014, Janse van Rensburg was appointed as the Director of Rugby at Grey High School.[6]

He moved to Johannesburg to join the Golden Lions at the start of 2015 as Golden Lions U19 forwards coach and High Performance Coach of the union,[7] but returned to Port Elizabeth just over a month later to become the head defense coach for the Eastern Province Kings.[8]

In June 2015, Janse van Rensburg was appointed as the head coach for the EP Kings for the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division campaign.[9]

He was also initially appointed as the head coach of the Southern Kings Super Rugby side for 2016,[10] but resigned from the role in December 2015.[11]

On 14 December 2021 Bath Rugby announced that he would be joining the club as defence coach until the end of the 2021/22 season.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Varsity Cup media guide 2012" (PDF). Varsity Cup. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Brent Janse van Rensburg". World Artists. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. ^ "OPRU nie meer by NMMU betrokke". Son (in Afrikaans). 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Madibaz lei SA studente; Sewe beloon vir goeie spel". Son (in Afrikaans). 26 April 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Maidza brei studente". Die Burger (in Afrikaans). 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  6. ^ "It's back to school for former Madibaz coach". The Herald. 19 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  7. ^ "GLRU welcomes new staff". Golden Lions. 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  8. ^ "GLRU release Brent Janse van Rensburg" (Press release). Eastern Province Rugby. 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Kings name coach for Currie Cup". Sport24. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Watson brings clarity on SARU intervention" (Press release). Kings. 18 November 2015. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Coach joins Kings exodus". Rugby365. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  12. ^ "Brent Janse van Rensburg joins Bath Rugby as Defence Coach". Bath Rugby. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
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