Sizo Maseko

Sizo Maseko

Full name	Sizophila Sabelo Maseko
Date of birth	(1991-03-03) 3 March 1991
Place of birth	Ermelo, South Africa
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
School	Ermelo High School
University	Stellenbosch University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger Current team Template:Rut Leopards Youth career 2008–2009 Template:Rut Pumas 2010–2011 Template:Rut Western Province 2012 Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup) Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2012 Template:Rut Maties (0) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2011 Template:Rut Western Province 0 (0) 2013–2015 Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup) 22 (50) 2015–present Template:Rut Leopards 7 (5) Correct as of 8 October 2015 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2008 S.A. U18 Elite Squad 2009 S.A. Schools Correct as of 8 August 2013

Sizophila Sabelo Maseko (born 3 March 1991) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Template:Rut Leopards. His regular position is winger.

Career

Youth

Maseko represented the Template:Rut Pumas at the 2008 and 2009 Under-18 Craven Week competitions, resulting in a call-up to the Under-18 Elite squad in 2008 and the S.A. Schools team in 2009. He also represented the Template:Rut Pumas U19 team in the 2008 and 2009 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition.

He joined Template:Rut Western Province in 2010 and played for their Under-19 team in the Under-19 Provincial Championship competition. He was named in their squad for the 2011 Vodacom Cup, but did not make an appearance. He did play for Template:Rut Western Province in the 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He was named in the Template:Rut Maties squad for the 2012 Varsity Cup competition, but also failed to make an appearance for them.

He then joined Durban-based side Template:Rut Sharks (Currie Cup) and represented their U21 side in the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

Sharks

His first team debut came in the 2013 Vodacom Cup. He was named in the Template:Rut Sharks XV starting line-up in the first game of the season against the Template:Rut Border Bulldogs and scored two tries early in the second half to help them to a 72–6 victory. He started all eight matches in the competition and weighed in with a further three tries.

His Currie Cup debut came later in the same year, when he was included in the Sharks starting team to face Template:Rut Griquas in the opening match of the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division season.

Leopards

He joined Potchefstroom-based side the Template:Rut Leopards during the 2015 Currie Cup qualification tournament. He was a member of the Template:Rut Leopards team that won the 2015 Currie Cup First Division. He featured in a total of seven matches during the qualification rounds and First Division proper and scored one try for the side. He didn't feature in the final, as the Leopards secured a 44–20 victory over the Template:Rut SWD Eagles to win the competition for the first time in their history.