Khwezi Mona

Khwezi Mona
Personal information
Full name Khwezi Jongamazizi Mona
Born (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992
East London, South Africa
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
School(s) attended Selborne College, East London
University University of South Africa
Club information
Playing position Prop
Current club Pumas
Youth career
2008–10 Border Bulldogs
2013 Natal Sharks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2014 Natal Sharks 4 (0)
2015– Pumas 17 (5)
Representative team(s)‡
2008 S.A. Under-16 Elite squad ()

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 9 October 2015.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 25 March 2015.

Khwezi Jongamazizi Mona (born 8 October 1992 in East London, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Pumas.[1] His regular position is prop.

Career

Youth

Playing as a loose forward during his high school career, Mona represented the Border Bulldogs at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week competition in 2008 and was also selected in a South African Under-16 Elite squad in the same year. In 2010, he played for Border at the premier school rugby tournament in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week competition, held in Welkom.

Natal Sharks

After finishing high school, Mona moved to Durban to join the Sharks Academy. He moved from loose forward to prop, but found his opportunities limited, with Allan Dell and Maks van Dyk – both of them South African Under-20 players – ahead of him in the pecking order.[2] However, his breakthrough came in 2014, when he was included in the Sharks XV squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. He made his first class debut by starting their home match against Western Province, helping them to a 25–7 win in Durban.[3] He made three more appearances off the bench in victories over Free State XV,[4] SWD Eagles[5] and their only defeat of the regular season against the Eastern Province Kings.[6]

Pumas

He wasn't named in the Natal Sharks' Currie Cup squad in 2014, however, and at the start of 2015, he moved to Nelspruit to join the Pumas.[7] He made his starting debut for the Pumas in their opening match of the 2015 Vodacom Cup competition, a 57–18 win against the Griffons.[8] He eventually appeared in all ten of the Pumas' matches in a season that saw them win the Vodacom Cup for the first time, beating Western Province 24–7 in the final.[9] Mona also scored one try during the season.

References

  1. ↑ "SARU Player Profile Khwezi Mona". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sparks may fly in Pretoria – Vodacom Cup Round 2 Preview". South African Rugby Union. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Cell C Sharks XV vs DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Toyota Free State XV vs Cell C Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Cell C Sharks XV vs SWD Eagles". South African Rugby Union. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Cell C Sharks XV vs Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Vyf nuwelinge gaan Pumas meer diepte gee" (in Afrikaans). Lowvelder. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Steval Pumas vs Down Touch Griffons". South African Rugby Union. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Steval Pumas first-time Vodacom Cup champions – Final Review". South African Rugby Union. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
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