Khwezi Mona

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Khwezi Mona
Full nameKhwezi Jongamazizi Mona
Date of birth (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth East London, South Africa
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight112 kg (17 st 9 lb; 247 lb)
School Selborne College, East London
University University of South Africa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Sharks / Sharks (Currie Cup)
Youth career
2008–2010 Border Bulldogs
2013 Sharks
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014 Sharks XV 4 (0)
2015–2018 Pumas 52 (30)
2019–2020 Griquas 14 (10)
2020– Sharks 15 (0)
2020– Sharks (Currie Cup) 19 (0)
Correct as of 23 July 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008 South Africa Under-16 Elite Squad
Correct as of 25 March 2015

Khwezi Jongamazizi Mona (born 8 October 1992) is a South African rugby union player for Griquas in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. [1] His regular position is prop.

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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.

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

Mona wasn't named in the 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.

Southern Kings

In November 2018, Mona joined the Southern Kings during their 2018–19 Pro14 campaign, signing a deal until March 2019. [10]

Griquas

Mona joined Kimberley-based side Griquas for the 2019 season. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Khwezi Mona". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sparks may fly in Pretoria – Vodacom Cup round 2 Preview". South African Rugby Union. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Cell C Sharks XV 25–7 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Toyota Free State XV 22–23 Cell C Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Cell C Sharks XV 27–10 SWD Eagles". South African Rugby Union. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Cell C Sharks XV 11–27 Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Vyf nuwelinge gaan Pumas meer diepte gee" (in Afrikaans). Lowvelder. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Steval Pumas 57–18 Down Touch Griffons". South African Rugby Union. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Steval Pumas first-time Vodacom Cup champions – Final Review". South African Rugby Union. 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Juries op kortlys om Griffons af te rig" . Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 16 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
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