Jan Serfontein

Jan Lodewyk Serfontein (born (1993-04-15)15 April 1993) is a South African rugby union footballer. He plays as a centre for the Bulls in Super Rugby and for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions.

Career

Serfontein was a member of the South Africa under 20 team that won the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship. His performances in the tournament led to him being named 2012 IRB Junior Player of the Year.^[1] He was also included in the squad for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship,^[2] but was later withdrawn in order to make him available for the senior national team.

He made his debut for the Springboks versus Italy on 8 June 2013 at Kings Park Stadium in Durban, playing from the bench as a replacement for Bryan Habana from the 71st minute.

Personal

He is the younger brother of lock Boela Serfontein. His father Boelie was also a provincial rugby player, playing as a number eight for Eastern Province, and his grandfather was Jack Slater, a former Springbok winger.^[3]

Springbok statistics

Test Match Record

Against	Pld	W	D	L	Tri	Con	Pen	DG	Pts	%Won
Argentina	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
Australia	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	75
England	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	100
Ireland	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
New Zealand	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	25
Samoa	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
Scotland	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	100
Wales	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	66.67
Total	20	14	0	6	2	0	0	0	10	70

Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Con = Conversions, Pen = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points Scored

International Tries

Try	Opposing team	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result
1	Scotland	Nelspruit, South Africa	Mbombela Stadium	Mid-year rugby test series	000000002013-06-15-000015 June 2013	Won 30-17
2	England	London, England	Twickenham Stadium	End-of-year rugby test series	000000002014-11-15-000015 November 2014	Won 31-28

References

External links

• SA rugby profile
• itsrugby.co.uk profile
• IRB profile