Kwezi Mkhafu

Kwezi Mkhafu
Personal information
Full name Khwezilokusa Mkhafu
Born (1988-06-17) 17 June 1988
Ngcobo
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
School(s) attended Lebogang High School, Welkom
Club information
Playing position Hooker
Current club Griffons
Youth career
2005–08 Griffons
2009 Border Bulldogs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Pts)
2010–13 Border Bulldogs 70 (30)
2014 Boland Cavaliers 18 (5)
2015– Griffons 17 (5)
Representative team(s)
2013 South Africa President's XV 2 (5)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 4 October 2015.
† Appearances (Points).

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

Khwezilokusa Mkhafu is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Griffons.[1] His regular position is hooker or prop.

Career

He came through the ranks of the Griffons, playing for them at Under-19 and Under-21 from 2005 to 2008. He then joined the Border Bulldogs, where he made his senior debut in the 2010 Vodacom Cup against Eastern Province[2] and became a first team regular over the next three seasons.

In 2013, Mkhafu joined the Kings training group prior to the 2013 Super Rugby season,[3] but was later released to the Bulldogs' 2013 Vodacom Cup squad.[4]

In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup[5] and won the tournament after winning all three matches.[6]

He also played Varsity Shield rugby for UFH Blues in 2011.

References

  1. "Player Profile Kwezi Mkhafu". sarugby.net. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  2. "Border vs Eastern Province". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  3. Green, Michael (6 February 2013). "Kings trek Luiperd nader vir Leeus-stryd". Volksblad (in Afrikaans). Media24. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  4. "Southern Kings name reduced 35 man Super Rugby squad". Rugby15. Rugby15. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  5. "SA President’s XV selected for IRB Tblisi Cup". South African Rugby Union. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  6. "SA President’s XV win Tbilisi Cup". IRB. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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