Chumani Booi

Chumani Booi

Full name	Chumani Nande Booi
Date of birth	(1980-02-15) 15 February 1980
Place of birth	Sada, Whittlesea
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	75 kg (11 st 11 lb; 165 lb)
School	Union High School, Graaff-Reinet
University	Port Elizabeth Technikon
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Current team Template:Rut Border Bulldogs Youth career 1999 Template:Rut Border Bulldogs Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2007–2008 Villager () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2001–2003, 2009–2013 Template:Rut Border Bulldogs 105 (189) 2003 Template:Rut Pumas 14 (30) 2004 Template:Rut Sharks 5 (0) 2004–2006 Template:Rut Griquas 23 (44) 2005 Template:Rut Cats 10 (5) 2006 → Template:Rut Western Province 6 (0) 2006–2007 Template:Rut Stormers 5 (0) Correct as of 30 September 2013 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2001 South Africa Under-21 4 (15) 2004 South Africa 'A' 2 (5) Correct as of 13 May 2013

Chumani Booi (born 15 February 1980) is a former South African rugby union player and currently a coach with the Template:Rut Southern Kings in Pro14 and head coach of the Template:Rut Eastern Province Elephants in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is centre, full-back or wing.

Career

He made his first class debut for local side the Template:Rut Border Bulldogs in 2001 and represented them in the Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup competitions over the next three seasons. He made four appearance for the South Africa Under-21 in 2001 and in 2003, he was called up to the Template:Rut Sharks squad for the 2003 and 2004 Super Rugby seasons, making five appearances.

Towards the end of 2003, however, he left the Bulldogs to join the Template:Rut Pumas instead on a short spell, before joining Template:Rut Griquas in 2004. As a Griquas player, he was also called into the Template:Rut Cats squad for the 2005 Super 12 season, making ten appearances.

He had a stint for his third different Super Rugby team in as man seasons in 2006, when he ran out for the Template:Rut Stormers. He also played a few games for Template:Rut Western Province in the 2006 Vodacom Cup before returning to Template:Rut Griquas for the 2006 Currie Cup.

He was named in the Stormers' 2007 Super 14 season squad, but failed to make an appearance. He was involved in club rugby for Villager for the rest of 2007 and 2008, before he returned to his first team, the Template:Rut Border Bulldogs, where he eventually played in a century of games.

He is currently an assistant coach at the Southern Kings, who are playing in the Pro14.