Jannie de Beer

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

Career

Born in Welkom, de Beer represented Template:Rut at the 1989 Craven Week tournament. He made his senior provincial debut for the Template:Rut in 1990 as a 19-year-old.

De Beer made his début against the British & Irish Lions in 1997, being brought in for the dropped Henry Honiball whose running game had been contained by the Lions' defence in the first two of the three tests. He failed however to establish himself properly in the Springbok side.

De Beer is most famous for his world record five drop goals in a single test match, set in the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Paris against England. The Springboks won the match 44–21, knocking England out of the tournament. However, his attempts to repeat the tactic in the semi-final versus Australia backfired, as despite several attempts he only scored one in the match, and the Australians closed him down. It proved to be his final appearance for the Springboks.

A professed Christian, de Beer credits his faith in God for his successes. De Beer retired from professional rugby in 2002 due to a knee injury.

At the end of 2019, de Beer was appointed as the director of rugby at the Windhoek Gymnasium.

Test history

No.	Opponents	Results (SA 1st)	Position	Points	Dates	Venue
1.	Template:Country data British and Irish Lions	35–16	Flyhalf	13 (2 conv, 3 pen)	5 July 1997	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
2.	New Zealand	32–35	Flyhalf	22 (2 conv, 4 pen, 2 drop)	19 July 1997	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
3.	Australia	20–32	Flyhalf	10 (1 try, 1 conv, 1 pen)	2 August 1997	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
4.	New Zealand	35–55	Flyhalf	6 (3 conv)	9 August 1997	Eden Park, Auckland
5.	Australia	61–22	Flyhalf	26 (1 try, 6 conv, 3 pen)	23 August 1997	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
6.	France	52–10	Replacement		22 November 1997	Parc des Princes, Paris
7.	Scotland	68–10	Flyhalf	2 (1 conv)	6 December 1997	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
8.	Australia	10–9	Flyhalf	5 (1 conv, 1 pen)	14 August 1999	Newlands, Cape Town
9.	Scotland	46–29	Flyhalf	16 (5 conv, 2 pen)	3 October 1999	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
10.	Spain	47–3	Flyhalf	12 (6 conv)	10 October 1999	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
11.	Uruguay	39–3	Flyhalf	14 (4 conv, 2 pen)	15 October 1999	Hampden Park, Glasgow
12.	England	44–21	Flyhalf	34 (2 conv, 5 pen, 5 drop)	24 October 1999	Stade de France, Paris
13.	Australia	21–27	Flyhalf	21 (6 pen, 1 drop)	30 October 1999	Twickenham, London

Legend: pen = penalty (3 pts.); conv = conversion (2 pts.), drop = drop kick (3 pts.).

See also

• List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 653

External links

• Template:SA Rugby Player Profile
• Official website of the IRB Rugby World Cup 2003, accessed 17 October 2005.
• “Star Q & A: Jannie de Beer”, accessed 17 October 2005.
• “Rugby World Cup 1999: De Beer Diamond”, accessed 17 October 2005.