Jacques Nieuwenhuis (born 23 March 1980 in Brakpan, South Africa) is a former professional rugby union player and currently a referee on the contenders squad panel of the South African Rugby Referees' Association.
[1][2] Through a Namibian mother, he qualified to play for Namibia and represented them at the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups.
He scored a try in Namibia's first match in the 2007 Rugby World Cup in a game against Ireland.
He later blotted his copybook by being the first Namibian to be sent off at a World Cup against France.
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