| Full name | Thulani Siphamandla Ngidi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 January 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Durban, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 111 kg (17 st 7 lb; 245 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Nhlanhlayethu High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Valke and Sweidan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thulani Siphamandla Ngidi (born 11 January 1986 in Durban, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, who most recently played with the Falcons. [1] His regular position is tighthead prop.
After representing amateur side Jaguars at the National Club Championships in 2006, he played for the Sharks U21 side in the 2007 Under-21 Provincial Championship.
His first experience of first class rugby was in 2010. He moved to the East Rand to join the Falcons and was included in their squad for the 2010 Currie Cup First Division competition. He made his debut by starting their first match of the season against the Griffons in Welkom. [2] He started their first seven matches of the season and played off the bench in three more matches as the Falcons finished in last position in the competition.
He made a further eight appearances for the side during the 2011 Vodacom Cup competition (seven of those as a substitute) and just three appearances in the 2011 Currie Cup First Division.
Ngidi then returned to KwaZulu-Natal where he was a member of the College Rovers side that finished runners-up at the inaugural edition of the amateur club competition, the SARU Community Cup in 2013. He made one start during the pool stages of the competition and came on as a substitute in their semi-final match against Brakpan, [3] but was not used in the final as College Rovers suffered a 26–24 defeat to Despatch. [4]
He returned to provincial rugby in 2014 to play for Falcons again. He made six starts in the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition, started their first four matches in the 2014 Currie Cup qualification tournament and appeared as a replacement in all seven of their matches in the 2014 Currie Cup First Division, including the 31–24 semi-final victory over the Leopards [5] and their 21–23 defeat to the Griffons in the final. [6]
He remained with the Falcons for the 2015 season, making a total of seventeen first class appearances in the Vodacom Cup, Currie Cup qualification and Currie Cup First Division competitions.
The 2013 SARU Community Cup was the first season of the SARU Community Cup competition and was contested from 16 February to 1 April 2013. The tournament is the top competition for non-university rugby union clubs in South Africa.
The 2014 SARU Community Cup was the second season of the SARU Community Cup competition. The qualification to the tournament took place in 2013, while the competition proper was contested in 2014. The tournament is the top competition for non-university rugby union clubs in South Africa.
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