Introduction
Jaco Barny Engels (born 17 December 1980, in Oranjemund) is a Namibian rugby union player whose usual position is prop. As youngster while at primary school, Laerskool M.L. Fick, received Springbok / National Colours in Trampolining.
Career
He has previously played for theLeopards,Boland Cavaliers andBlue Bulls in South Africa's Currie Cup. He has also played Super Rugby with theBulls. He joined theEastern Province Kings in 2011. He featured in both Currie Cup and Super Rugby winning squads while in Pretoria.
2013 Southern Kings Super Rugby season
He was included in theSouthern Kings squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season. He made appearances from the bench in each of the Kings' first four matches of the season, butSWD Eagles prop Grant Kemp was preferred to him for the remainder of the campaign. He made two appearances for theEastern Province Kings 2013 Vodacom Cup campaign before linking up with Namibia for the 2013 Africa Cup.
International
He is eligible to play for Namibia, but did not play in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. He only made his debut for them aged 32, when he was included in a Namibian team to face a South Africa President's XV in 2013 and then represented Namibia in their 2013 Africa Cup Division 1B campaign.