Brian Skosana

Brian Skosana
Personal information
Full nameMthangala Brian Skosana
Born5 December 1991
Johannesburg
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
School(s) attendedSt Andrew's College
UniversityNelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Club information
Playing positionCentre / Winger
Current clubSWD Eagles
Youth career
2009Eastern Province Country Districts
2010Golden Lions
2010–11Sydney Roosters (rugby league)
2012Eastern Province Kings
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeam
2013–NMMU Madibaz8(10)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Pts)†
2013–14Eastern Province Kings19(15)
2014–SWD Eagles11(30)
Representative team(s)‡
2009South Africa Schools()
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 24 March 2015.

† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 5 April 2013.

Mthangala Brian Skosana is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the SWD Eagles.[1] His regular position is centre or wing.

Career

Early career

He played for Eastern Province Country Districts at the 2009 Craven Week which earned him a call-up to the South African Schools team that season. His performances there lead to a move to the Golden Lions academy, but he was also noticed by Australian rugby league team Sydney Roosters and he joined their academy in August 2010, alongside fellow South African JP du Plessis.[2]

Eastern Province Kings

He returned to South Africa at the start of 2012, joining Eastern Province Kings and playing for their Under–21 team that year in the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He made eight appearance in the competition and scored a hat-trick of tries in his fifth match, a 41–3 victory over the Pumas U21 side.[3]

The following season, he was included in the senior squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup.[4] After being an unused substitute in their match against the Sharks XV,[5] Skosana made his first class debut the following week when he started their match against the Boland Cavaliers in Malmesbury,[6] the first of two starts during the season.

Later in the same season, Skosana also made his Currie Cup debut. He came on as a substitute in the Kings' 44–18 victory over the Falcons in Brakpan.[7] After four more substitute appearances, Skosana made his first Currie Cup start on 13 September 2013 against Western Cape side the Boland Cavaliers, which also saw Skosana score his first senior try in the 18th minute of the match.[6]

He made a total of ten appearances in the 2013 Currie Cup and returned to Vodacom Cup action in 2014, scoring two tries in seven appearances.

SWD Eagles

Prior to the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, Skosana was not one of the players in coach Carlos Spencer's plans for the competition and he joined George-based side SWD Eagles on a deal until the end of 2015.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "SARU Player Profile Brian Skosana". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Sydney Roosters' South African Recruits". SAbona. 1 August 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Eastern Province KIngs vs Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "EP Kings Team announced to play Sharks". Rugby15. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Eastern Province Kings vs Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Match Breakdown: Regent Boland Cavaliers vs Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Valke vs Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Skosana sit nou met huis in Baai, maar kontrak in George" (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.