Lwazi Mvovo

Lwazi Mvovo
Full name Lwazi Ncedo Mvovo
Date of birth (1986-06-03) 3 June 1986
Place of birth Mthatha, South Africa
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb; 14 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Wing
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007– Natal Sharks 83 (185)
correct as of 16 August 2015.
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2010– Sharks 86 (120)
correct as of 16 August 2015.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2010– South Africa 15 (25)
correct as of 7 October 2015.

Lwazi Ncedo Mvovo is a South African professional rugby union player who plays for the Natal Sharks in the Currie Cup and the Sharks in Super Rugby,[1] and for the South Africa national team (the Springboks). He was schooled at Maria Louw High School. His debut for the Natal Sharks was on 27 June 2008 against Boland in Durban.

In the 2010 Currie Cup tournament Lwazi Mvovo was the second highest try scorer with twelve tries. In the Super Rugby competition, he tied for the second highest try scorer, with six.

In October 2010, Mvovo was selected to the South African squad of 39 players to prepare for the November tour of Europe. He made his Springboks debut on 20 November 2010 in the 21-17 loss to Scotland at Murrayfield. Mvovo scored his first international try against England, at Twickenham on Saturday 27 November 2010, in a 21-11 victory.

Mvovo made his Tri Nations debut in a 39-20 defeat against the Australia in Sydney on 23 July 2011. He then appeared against New Zealand in Wellington as number 11.

References

  1. ↑ Sharks Profile

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