Jean Kleyn (born 26 August 1993) is a South African professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Irish United Rugby Championship club Munster and the South Africa national team. He came on as a replacement during South Africa’s 2023 World Cup win vs New Zealand.
Kleyn played five times for Ireland in 2019, having qualified by residency. He subsequently changed his national affiliation and made his debut for South Africa in 2023.[1][2]
^"Munster lock Jean Kleyn could be set for international switch to South Africa". Irish Examiner. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^"Kleyn cleared for Bok debut". SA Rugby Magazine. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
JeanKleyn (born 26 August 1993) is a South African professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Irish United Rugby Championship club Munster...
United Rugby Championship round 15 fixture at home to Scarlets, replacing JeanKleyn during the second-half of Munster's 49–42 win. He came on as a replacement...
French side Castres on 18 December 2021, coming on as a replacement for JeanKleyn in Munster's 19–13 victory. Jenkins endured a difficult start to his time...
side Munster on a three-month loan as injury cover for his compatriot JeanKleyn. On 8 April 2017, Deysel made his debut for Munster when he started against...
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Sport. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023. "Former Ireland lock JeanKleyn to debut for Springboks". www.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 4 July 2023. Retrieved...
but later withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Steven Kitshoff. JeanKleyn (South Africa), Richie Arnold, Carter Gordon, Tom Hooper and Zane Nonggorr...
Coombes OF 7 John Hodnett BF 6 Peter O'Mahony (c) RL 5 Tadhg Beirne LL 4 JeanKleyn TP 3 Stephen Archer HK 2 Diarmuid Barron LP 1 Jeremy Loughman Substitutions:...
2019 Rugby World Cup, with Schmidt instead selecting Iain Henderson, JeanKleyn, Tadhg Beirne and James Ryan as locks. Toner last appeared for Ireland...
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