Sako Makata
| Full name | Sakoyisa Makata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 September 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Stirling High School, East London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sakoyisa Makata (born 10 September 1998) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team, where his regular position is a forward.
Biography
[edit]Makata attended Stirling High School in East London, where he played rugby for the school's first team, also representing Border at the Under-18 Craven Week in 2016.[1] He joined the SA Rugby Sevens Academy in 2017 and also played for Western Province U19 in the 2017 Under-19 Provincial Championship[2] and for Western Province U21 in the 2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship.[3]
After playing for the Sevens Academy side from 2017 to 2019, Makata was also included in the South Africa national sevens squad prior to the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.[4] In February 2019, He was named in the Blitzboks squad for the Las Vegas Sevens,[1] and he made his debut in their opening match in that tournament, a 26–0 victory over Japan.[5]
Makata was part of the South African team that won their second Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham in 2022.[6][7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Makata to debut for youthful Blitzboks in Las Vegas". SuperSport. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Five changes for DHL WP U19" (Press release). Western Province. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "SA Rugby U21 Championship - Match 16, Pool Stage". South African Rugby Union. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Final push for Blitzboks as World Series looms" (Press release). South African Rugby Union. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Match Centre: Las Vegas, Pool C, Match 7". World Rugby. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ Mostert, Herman. "Team SA squad named for 2022 Commonwealth Games". news24.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Soyizwapi, Plaatjies to lead SA Sevens teams at Commonwealth Games". sarugby.co.za. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "South Africa stun Fiji to win men's rugby sevens Commonwealth gold". the Guardian. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Australia and South Africa win rugby sevens gold at Commonwealth Games". www.world.rugby. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Sako Makata at Springboks.rugby
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