Lungelo Payi

Lungelo Payi

Full name	Lungelo Payi
Date of birth	(1981-05-22) 22 May 1981
Place of birth	Peelton
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
School	Phillip Mtywakuss
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Current team Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers Youth career 2002 Template:Rut Border Bulldogs Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003–2005 Template:Rut Border Bulldogs () 2006 Template:Rut Western Province 6 (5) 2006–2007 Template:Rut Border Bulldogs 22 (5) 2008 Template:Rut Falcons 8 (0) 2010–2011 Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings 16 (0) 2012–present Template:Rut Boland Cavaliers 11 (5) Correct as of 14:32, 9 Oct 2012 (UTC) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2009 Southern Kings Correct as of 14:32, 9 Oct 2012 (UTC)

Lungelo Payi (born 22 May 1981) is a former South African rugby union player who played with the Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings.

He started playing his rugby for the Template:Rut Border Bulldogs in 2003. He then moved to Template:Rut Western Province and played for Template:Rut Border Bulldogs again, as well as the Template:Rut Falcons. In 2009, he was playing club rugby with False Bay Rugby Club when he got a surprise call-up to the Southern Kings squad for their game against the British and Irish Lions. In 2010, he moved back to the Eastern Cape region and joined Template:Rut Eastern Province Kings for the 2010 Currie Cup First Division season. He is currently a sports commentator and runs a number of youth rugby development programmes and manages a number of professional players through his sports management company.