Sonwabo Majola

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Sonwabo Majola
Full nameSonwabo Qengeba Majola
Date of birth (1993-03-20) 20 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Uitenhage, South Africa
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
School Muir College, Uitenhage
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Eastern Province Elephants
Youth career
2012 Eastern Province U19
2013–2014 Eastern Province U21
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014–present Eastern Province Kings 33 (34)
Correct as of 25 August 2019

Sonwabo Qengeba Majola (born 20 March 1993 in Uitenhage) is a South African rugby union player for the Eastern Province Elephants in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. [1] His regular position is scrum-half, but also played as a fly-half at school level.

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Career

Youth

After playing for the Muir College first team in 2011 [2] and 2012, [3] Majola also represented the NMMU Young Guns in the Varsity Young Guns competition in 2013. [4]

In 2012, he helped the Eastern Province U19 side to the Under-19 Provincial Championship Division B final, starting eight matches in the competition. The following year, he went one better by winning the Under-21 Provincial Championship Division B competition with the Eastern Province U21 team, narrowly losing out on promotion to Division A.

Senior career

After playing a pre-season trial match for the Southern Kings against the Stormers, [5] he was included in the senior side for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. [6] He made his first class debut on 15 March 2014 in their match against the Border Bulldogs in Grahamstown, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring a try 11 minutes after coming on. [7] He also made substitute appearances against Western Province [8] and the Free State XV in Cradock. [9]

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References

  1. "SA Rugby Player Profile – Sonwabo Majola". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. "KC 1st XV vs Muir College". Kingswood College. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  3. "Graeme edge out Muir". Rugby365. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  4. "Trojans with excellent start". University of Cape Town Ikey Tigers. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  5. "Stormers blitz Kings in PE". Rugby365. 7 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  6. "SA Rugby Squad – Eastern Province Kings : 2014 Vodacom Cup". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  7. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Eastern Province Kings 60–6 Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  8. "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 56–22 Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  9. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Eastern Province Kings 3–31 Toyota Free State XV". South African Rugby Union. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2016.