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![]() Johannes “Jan” Albertus Prinsloo
B: 18/5/1935 Pretoria South Africa D: 27/7/1966 Wellington New Zealand Johannes “Jan” Albertus Prinsloo was signed by St Helens rugby league from South African rugby union as a winger in 1958 With scintillating pace he went on to become one of the great wingers in England representing a highly creditable strike rate of 78.65 tries per 100 matches. He scored his first try for the team as part of a two try debut against Rochdale Hornets That season he scored hat tricks against Salford and Blacktown Borough for a season total of 27 tries from 31 matches Jan played a vital part in finishing dazzling moves for many a St Helens victory including the sensational 1959 Championship final win of 44 - 22 over a great Hunslet side where he exhibited a fabulous touchline dash rounded off with his trademark “swallow dive “ In the 1959/1960 season , Jan scored 4 tries against Liverpool City and 3 against Hull finishing the year with 29 tries from 38 matches The following year brought more success with a hat trick against Workington Town During his time at St Helens he had the daunting task of wearing the number 5 jersey at the same time Tom Van Vollenhoven was setting the world on fire on the other wing In 1960 , Jan also won a Lancashire cup winners medal when St Helens defeated Swinton 15 – 9 in front of a crowd of over 31 000 at Central park He signed with Wakefield Trinity where his amazing try scoring feats continued Johannes “Jan” Albertus Prinsloo’s record and strike rate demonstrates what a fine finisher he was St Helens 89 matches 70 tries Wakefield Trinity 48 matches 45 tries |
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