Kefentse Mahlo

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Kefentse Mahlo
Full nameKefentse Seshego Mahlo
Date of birth (1993-03-31) 31 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birthGa-Sekororo, Tzaneen, South Africa
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb; 176 lb)
SchoolBen Vorster, Tzaneen
UniversityTemplate:Rut UP Tuks
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger / Fullback / Scrum-half
Current team Naka Bulls
Youth career
2006–2011 Template:Rut Limpopo Blue Bulls
2012–2014 Template:Rut Blue Bulls
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014 Template:Rut UP Tuks (0)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2017 Template:Rut Blue Bulls 16 (45)
2016–2017 Template:Rut Blue Bulls XV 17 (45)
2017 Template:Rut Bulls 1 (0)
Correct as of 13 April 2018

Kefentse Seshego Mahlo (born (1993-03-31)31 March 1993 in Tzaneen, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for Blue Bulls Carlton League side Naka Bulls.[1] He can play as a winger, fullback or scrum-half.

Career

Youth / Varsity Cup rugby

At primary school level, Mahlo earned provincial colours in hockey and cricket, as well as representing the Template:Rut Limpopo Blue Bulls in the 2006 Under-13 Craven Week rugby union competition.

He again represented Limpopo at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week competition in 2009 – which also earned him an inclusion in the Under-16 South African Elite squad – and played at South Africa's premier high school rugby competition, the Craven Week on two occasions; he played at fullback in the 2010 edition held in Welkom, scoring a try in their match against the Template:Rut SWD Eagles[2] and also in the 2011 edition in Kimberley, where he started all three of their matches in the scrum-half position.

In 2011, Mahlo was awarded a contract by Limpopo's parent union, Pretoria-based side the Template:Rut Blue Bulls. After representing Template:Rut UP Tuks Young Guns in the 2012 Varsity Cup Young Guns competition,[3] he represented the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U19s in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship and scored five tries in twelve appearances; he scored just after half-time in his first match at Under-19 level to help his side to a 90–0 victory over Template:Rut SWD U19[4] and also scored in their matches against the Template:Rut Golden Lions U19,[5] Template:Rut Western Province U19,[6] Template:Rut Leopards U19[7] and Template:Rut Sharks U19.[8] He played in the semi-final of the competition, which saw the Blue Bulls win 46–35 against the Sharks,[9] but did not play in the final due to injury.

At the end of the season, he was invited to join a South African Under-20 training camp in preparation for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France, but missed out on final selection.[10]

In 2013, he once again represented the Template:Rut UP Tuks Young Guns, helping them to winning the 2013 Varsity Cup Young Guns competition, their second in a row.[11] He also broke into the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U21 set-up, making ten appearances during the 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He scored one try in their match against the Template:Rut Leopards U21[12] and once again helped his side progress to the final of the competition. He started the final, but could not prevent his side losing 23–30 to Template:Rut Western Province U21.[13]

He represented Template:Rut UP Tuks' first team in the 2014 Varsity Cup competition, playing in all seven of their matches as they finished in fifth spot to miss out on a semi-final spot. After making his first class debut during the 2014 Vodacom Cup, he returned to the Template:Rut Blue Bulls U21 side for the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He scored two tries in their first match of the season, a 143–0 win over Template:Rut Border U21 in Pretoria,[14] and repeated his two-try haul against the same opposition later in the season, with the Blue Bulls running out 123–7 winners in East London.[15] He also scored one try in each of their matches against the Template:Rut Sharks U21s[16][17] to help them reach the final of the competition. He played the full 80 minutes of the final, with the Blue Bulls beating Template:Rut Western Province U21 20–10 to avenge the 2013 final defeat.[18]

Blue Bulls

He made his first class debut for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls during the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition, coming on as a second-half replacement in their match against the Template:Rut Griffons in Welkom and helping the side to a 49–0 victory. He scored his first senior try in their next match, getting one of eighteen tries in their 116–0 demolition of Mahlo's former side, the Template:Rut Limpopo Blue Bulls.[19] He made a third substitute appearance in their 15–16 loss to the Template:Rut Golden Lions in the semi-final of the competition.[20]

He returned to the Vodacom Cup side for their 2015 campaign. After appearances off the bench against the Template:Rut Falcons[21] and the Template:Rut Leopards[22] in their opening two matches of the season, he also came on as a replacement in their match against trans-Jukskei rivals the Template:Rut Golden Lions and scored both tries for the Blue Bulls in a 12–24 defeat.[23] He was elevated to the starting line-up for the first time for their next match, a 20–18 win over Nelspruit-based side the Template:Rut Pumas.[24] Mahlo made a total of three starts and six appearances off the bench in the Blue Bulls' 2015 Vodacom Cup campaign, helping them all the way to the semi-final of the competition, where they lost 6–10 to Template:Rut Western Province.[25] Mahlo ended the season with six tries to his name, the top try scorer for the Blue Bulls,[26] and he received the Vodacom Cup Players' Player of the Year award at the Blue Bulls' end-of-years awards ceremony in December 2015.[27]

References

  1. ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Kefentse Mahlo". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – SWD 20–26 Limpopo". South African Rugby Union. 3 July 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Tuks win first Young Guns title". Varsity Cup. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – SWD Eagles 0–90 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls 39–25 MTN Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  6. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls 35–38 DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  7. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 12–29 Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  8. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls 36–37 Sharks". South African Rugby Union. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  9. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls 46–35 Sharks". South African Rugby Union. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Bokkies hou eerste oefenkamp vir Wêreldtoernooi" (in Afrikaans). Beeld. 6 November 2012. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "UP-Tuks Young Guns reign again". Varsity Cup. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  12. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Leopards 17–59 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  13. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 30–23 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  14. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls U21 143–0 Border U21". South African Rugby Union. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  15. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border U21 7–123 Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  16. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Blue Bulls U21 53–25 Sharks U21". South African Rugby Union. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  17. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Sharks U21 10–31 Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  18. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Western Province U21 10–20 Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  19. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 116–0 Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  20. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 15–16 Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  21. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Hino Valke 13–37 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  22. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 46–25 Leopards XV". South African Rugby Union. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  23. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Xerox Golden Lions 24–12 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  24. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 20–18 Steval Pumas". South African Rugby Union. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  25. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – DHL Western Province 10–6 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  26. ^ "SA Rugby Top Scorers – 2015 Vodacom Cup". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  27. ^ "Player of the year Awards" (Press release). Bulls. 2 December 2015. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016. {{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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