Luxolo Koza

Luxolo Koza
Personal information
Born18 September 1994
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
School(s) attendedMuir College, Uitenhage
Club information
Playing positionLoosehead Prop / Utility forward
Current clubGriquas
Youth career
2011–12Eastern Province Kings
2013–Griquas
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Pts)†
2014–Griquas5(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 11 February 2014.

† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 11 February 2014.

Luxolo Koza (born 18 September 1994 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with Griquas.[1] He is a utility forward, but has mainly played as a loosehead prop in first class rugby.

Career

Eastern Province

As a scholar at Muir College in Uitenhage, Koza was selected to represent Eastern Province at the Under-18 Craven Week tournament. He earned a selection for both the 2011 tournament held in Kimberley and the 2012 tournament held in Port Elizabeth, mainly playing as a lock for Eastern Province.

In both these seasons, he also represented the Eastern Province U19s in the annual Under-19 Provincial Championship. In 2011, me made three appearances but could not prevent Eastern Province finish rock bottom of Division B. He appeared on two occasions in 2012 – now mainly playing as a loose forward – as Eastern Province U19 reached the final of the competition where they lost to near neighbours Border U19.

Griquas

After finishing school, Koza moved to Kimberley to join Griquas for the 2013 season. He represented Griquas U19 in the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship making four starts as a loose forward and scoring tries in consecutive matches against Griffons U19[2] and Limpopo Blue Bulls.[3]

His first class debut came for Griquas during the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. He played off the bench in their 26–24 victory over the Blue Bulls in Pretoria.[4] After a further substitute appearance the following week against the Griffons,[5] he made his first senior start (now playing as a loosehead prop) in their 68–13 defeat of the Limpopo Blue Bulls in Kimberley[6] and also started their home match against the Golden Lions in the same competition.

He was also named in their squad for the 2014 Currie Cup qualification tournament and made his debut in that competition in their 52–5 victory against the Border Bulldogs.[7] Griquas went on to win the qualification tournament and clinch a spot in the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, but Koza played no part in that competition, instead reverting to the Griquas U21 side where he started all seven of his side's matches during the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

References

  1. ↑ "SARU Player Profile Luxolo Koza". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Griquas vs Griffons". South African Rugby Union. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Griquas vs Limpopo Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Vodacom Blue Bulls vs GWK Griquas". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Match Breakdown: GWK Griquas vs Down Touch Griffons". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Match Breakdown: GWK Griquas vs Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Match Breakdown: GWK Griquas vs Border". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2015.