Lwazi Mvovo

Lwazi Mvovo

Full name	Lwazi Ncedo Mvovo
Date of birth	(1986-06-03) 3 June 1986
Place of birth	Mthatha, South Africa
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger Current team Template:Rut Sharks Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007–2010 Template:Rut Sharks XV 20 (45) 2007–present Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup) 63 (140) 2009 Template:Rut Sharks Invitational XV 1 (0) 2010–present Template:Rut Sharks 99 (145) Correct as of 9 October 2016 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2010 South Africa 17 (30) Correct as of 18 June 2016

Lwazi Ncedo Mvovo is a South African professional rugby union player who plays for the Template:Rut Sharks in Super Rugby, and for the South Africa national team (the Springboks). He was schooled at Maria Louw High School. His debut for the Sharks was on 27 June 2008 against Boland in Durban.

In the 2010 Currie Cup tournament Lwazi Mvovo was the second highest try scorer with twelve tries. In the Super Rugby competition, he tied for the second highest try scorer, with six.

In October 2010, Mvovo was selected to the South African squad of 39 players to prepare for the November tour of Europe. He made his Springboks debut on 20 November 2010 in the 21-17 loss to Scotland at Murrayfield. Mvovo scored his first international try against England, at Twickenham on Saturday 27 November 2010, in a 21-11 victory.

Mvovo made his Tri Nations debut in a 39-20 defeat against the Australia in Sydney on 23 July 2011. He then appeared against New Zealand in Wellington as number 11.

External links

• Lwazi Mvovo at Sharks
• "SA Rugby Player Profile – Lwazi Mvovo". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
• Lwazi Mvovo on Grundlingh Enslin's Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame
• Lwazi Mvovo on itsrugby.co.uk
• Zimbio