Brian Shabangu

Brian Shabangu
Personal information
Full name Simphiwe Brian Shabangu
Born (1988-04-11) 11 April 1988
Durban, South Africa
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
School(s) attended Glenwood High School
University University of South Africa
Club information
Playing position Flanker
Current club Pumas
Youth career
2004–08 Natal Sharks
Amateur team(s)
Years Team
2013 NMMU Madibaz 6 (5)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2012–13 Border Bulldogs 26 (20)
2014– Pumas 14 (15)
2014 → Falcons 1 (0)
Representative team(s)‡
2013 South Africa President's XV 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 31 May 2015.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 17 June 2013.

Simphiwe Brian Shabangu (born 16 May 2013) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Pumas.[1] His regular position is flanker.

Career

Youth and Varsity rugby

He came through the Natal Sharks youth system, playing for their Under–16 team at the 2004 Grant Khomo Week, for the Under–18s at the 2005 Academy Week and for the Under–21 team in the 2008 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

At the start of 2013, he played Varsity Cup rugby for the NMMU Madibaz, who reached their first ever semi-final in this competition.

Border Bulldogs

He signed for the Border Bulldogs in time for the 2012 Currie Cup First Division season and instantly became a regular in the senior side, making his debut in the first game of the season against the SWD Eagles[2] and playing in all fourteen games of the season, starting thirteen of them.

He only played in two 2013 Vodacom Cup matches due to his Varsity Cup duties, but returned to the Bulldogs make a further ten appearances in the 2013 Currie Cup First Division, scoring two tries.

Pumas

He left the Bulldogs at the end of the 2013 season to join Nelspruit-based side the Pumas.[3] He was a member of the Pumas side that won the Vodacom Cup for the first time in 2015, beating Western Province 24–7 in the final.[4] Shabangu made nine appearances during the season, scoring two tries.

Sevens and Representative rugby

He also played some sevens rugby, playing for the Natal Sharks sevens team in 2009 and 2010[5] and captaining a South African Emerging Sevens team in the Safaricom Sevens tournament in 2011.[6]

In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup[7] and won the tournament after winning all three matches.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "SARU Player Profile Brian Shabangu". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "SWD Eagles vs Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Pumas en Luiperds kry Super by" (in Afrikaans). SupaRugby. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Steval Pumas first-time Vodacom Cup champions – Final Review". South African Rugby Union. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Varsity Cup Player Profile Brian Shabangu". Varsity Cup. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Shabangu to lead SA Emerging Sevens to Kenya". Blitzbokke. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "SA President’s XV selected for IRB Tblisi Cup". South African Rugby Union. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "SA President’s XV win Tbilisi Cup". IRB. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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