Full name | Mfundo Kevin Ndhlovu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 April 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Standerton, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb; 13 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Standerton Hoërskool | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Representing South Africa | ||
Commonwealth Games | ||
2022 Birmingham | Team competition |
Mfundo Kevin Ndhlovu (born 5 April 1997) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team. [2] His regular position is wing.
Ndhlovu made his debut for the South Africa national sevens team at the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens, [3] and also appeared in the 2018 Paris Sevens, [4] where he was a member of a squad that not only won the tournament, but also won the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series title. [5]
In 2022, he was part of the South African team that won their second Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham. [6] [7] [8] [9]
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