Giant Mtyanda

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Giant Mtyanda
Full nameLubabalo Mtyanda
Date of birth (1986-03-19) 19 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Height1.99 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight148 kg (326 lb; 23 st 4 lb)
School Cowan High School
University University of Johannesburg
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team Colorno
Youth career
2005–2006 Mighty Elephants
2006–2007 Golden Lions
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008 UJ 1 (0)
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006 Mighty Elephants 13 (0)
2007 Golden Lions 4 (0)
2010–2013 SWD Eagles 70 (40)
2013–2015 Pumas 47 (20)
2015–2016 Sharks 13 (0)
2017–2019 Eastern Province Elephants 23 (0)
2017–2019 Southern Kings 16 (5)
2019–2021 Rovigo Delta 19 (20)
2021 Mazamet 6 (0)
2021 Eastern Province Elephants 1 (0)
2021–2022 Colorno 7 (0)
Correct as of 27 March 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013

[[South Africa

President's XV]]		 3 (0)
Correct as of 22 April 2018

Lubabalo 'Giant' Mtyanda (born 19 March 1986) is a South African rugby union player for the Colorno in Italian Top10. [1] [2] [3] His regular position is lock.

Career

Mtyanda started his career coming through the youth ranks at the Mighty Elephants (now Eastern Province Kings) and made his debut for them in the 2006 Vodacom Cup competition against Western Province. [4]

He joined the Golden Lions later in the same year, where he represented their Under–21 team. He made four appearances for them in the 2007 Vodacom Cup and also represented UJ in the 2008 Varsity Cup, but failed to break into the first team.

He joined the SWD Eagles at the start of 2009, where he quickly established himself as a regular, making over 50 appearances for the George-based union.

In 2013, he joined the Pumas prior to the 2013 Currie Cup First Division season. [5] He was also included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup [6] and won the tournament after winning all three matches. [7]

He was played for the Southern Kings in the 2017 Super Rugby season and until 2019. From 2019 to 20221 he played also in italy with Rovigo Delta and Rugby Colorno. [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Giant Mtyanda". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "It's Rugby Player Profile Giant Mtyanda". It's Rugby. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "IL RUGBY COLORNO SI REGALA LUBABALO GIANT MTYANDA". Rugby Colorno (in Italian). 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Mighty Elephants 26–17 Vodacom Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Gerber, Jeremy (14 May 2013). "Kabamba kaptein". Die Son (in Afrikaans). Media24. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "SA President's XV selected for IRB Tblisi Cup". South African Rugby Union. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "SA President's XV win Tbilisi Cup". IRB. 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  8. ↑ rugbyrovigodelta. "Dettaglio news". Rugby Rovigo Delta (in Italian). Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  9. ↑ Rugby Colorno (24 May 2022). "MERCATO BIANCOROSSO: L'HBS COLORNO SALUTA 12 GIOCATORI". Rugby Rovigo Delta (in Italian). Retrieved 25 May 2022.
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