Lwazi Mvovo
Lwazi Ncedo Mvovo (born 3 June 1986) is a retired South African professional rugby union player. He played for the Springboks, the Sharks in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup as well as the Sharks XV in the Rugby Challenge.[1] He was schooled at Maria Louw High School. His debut for the Sharks was on 27 June 2008 against Boland in Durban.
| Full name | Lwazi Ncedo Mvovo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 June 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mthatha, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb; 201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Maria Louw High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. He retired on the 4th of February 2021 at the age of 34.
References
- Sharks Profile Archived 7 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Lwazi Mvovo at Sharks
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Lwazi Mvovo". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- Lwazi Mvovo on Grundlingh Enslin's Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame
- Lwazi Mvovo on itsrugby.co.uk
- Zimbio