Tiger Mangweni
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Siyabonga Mangweni | ||
| Nickname | Tiger | ||
| Born | 20 June 1980 Nxaruni, East London | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Ntsonkotha Senior Secondary School | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Eastern Province Kings | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2001–05 | Border Bulldogs | 63 | (203) |
| 2005 | Stormers | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–07 | Griquas | 22 | (28) |
| 2007 | Cheetahs | 7 | (5) |
| 2008–10 | Bulls | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–10 | Blue Bulls | 46 | (78) |
| 2010–14 | Eastern Province Kings | 68 | (55) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2004 | South Africa 'A' | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | Southern Kings | 1 | (0) |
| Teams coached | |||
| 2014– | Eastern Province Kings (defensive coach) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and points correct as of 26 April 2014. † Appearances (Points). | |||
Siyabonga "Tiger" Mangweni (born 20 June 1980) is a South African rugby union player and the defensive coach of the Eastern Province Kings Vodacom Cup side.[1][2]
Playing career
He started his career at the Border Bulldogs and got called into the Stormers Super Rugby squad as a Bulldogs player. He then had a short stint at Western Province, before moving to Griquas, where he also represented the Central Cheetahs in Super Rugby. In 2008, he moved to the Blue Bulls and also played for the Bulls in Super Rugby.
In 2009, he was a member of the Southern Kings team that played in the 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa.
In 2010, he was released by the Blue Bulls to join the Eastern Province Kings for the 2010 Currie Cup First Division campaign. He was named in the Kings wider training squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season, but was subsequently released to the Vodacom Cup squad.[3]
Coaching
He retired as a player at the end of the 2013 season and was appointed the defensive coach for the EP Kings' Vodacom Cup side.[4]
References
- ↑ "Player Profile Tiger Mangweni". sarugby.net. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ "Tiger Mangweni". worldartists.co.za. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ Green, Michael (7 January 2013). "Kings het geen plek vir Tiger". Beeld (in Afrikaans). Media24. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ↑ "Mangweni joins Eastern Province Rugby coaching staff" (Press release). Eastern Province Kings. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.