| Birth name | Thandolwethu Biyela | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 June 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14.6 st; 205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | KES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thandolwethu Biyela (born 4 June 2004) is a South African rugby union player for the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup. He was a part of the South Africa U20 team that won the 2025 World Rugby U20 championship. He mainly plays as a blindside flanker, but can also play as an eighthman.
Biyela came up through the Golden Lions youth system, playing for them at Craven Week in 2023. [1] In July 2025 he was named for the Currie Cup squad for the 2025 Currie Cup Premier Division season. [2]
Biyela made his debut for the under-20s in a friendly against Georgia [3] in February 2025. In that years U20 Rugby Championship he would play every game for the Boks in a team that underperformed in that tournament, losing their games to Australia and New Zealand, 29-24 and 48-45 respectively. He would only play one game in the 2025 World Rugby U20 championship, captaining the team in a 73–14 win over Scotland. [4]
