JP Nel

JP Nel

Personal information
Full name	Jacobus Paulus Nel
Born	(1981-01-09) 9 January 1981 Worcester, South Africa
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
School(s) attended	Worcester Gymnasium
University	Tygerberg College
Club information
Playing position	Outside Centre
Youth career
1999–2000	Western Province
2002	Blue Bulls
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Pts)†
2000	Western Province	1	(0)
2001–07	Blue Bulls	78	(197)
2001–09	Bulls	78	(75)
2010–12	NTT Shining Arcs	19	(45)
2012–13	Griquas	12	(0)
Representative team(s)‡
2002	S.A. Under-21		()
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 1 November 2013. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 1 November 2013.

Jacobus Paulus (JP) Nel (born (1981-01-09)9 January 1981) is a former South African rugby union footballer, who regularly played as a centre. He made his first class debut for Western Province in 2000 and made almost two hundred first class appearances between 2000 and 2013. He played for the Blue Bulls in the domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions and for the Bulls in Super Rugby between 2001 and 2009 and had two seasons at NTT Shining Arcs in the Japanese Top League and a further two seasons for Griquas in the Currie Cup.

He retired after the 2013 Currie Cup season.