Name Brian Shabangu Positions Flanker 2004–08 Natal Sharks School Glenwood High School | Current club Pumas Weight 96 kg Playing position Height 1.75 m | |
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Full name Simphiwe Brian Shabangu Born 11 April 1988 (age 36)
Durban, South Africa ( 1988-04-11 ) University University of South Africa | ||
School(s) attended Glenwood High School | ||
Pumas player, Simphiwe Brian Shabangu makes a turn at Mpumalanga News
Simphiwe Brian Shabangu (born 16 May 2013) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Pumas. His regular position is flanker.
Contents
- Pumas player Simphiwe Brian Shabangu makes a turn at Mpumalanga News
- Youth and Varsity rugby
- Border Bulldogs
- Pumas
- Sevens and Representative rugby
- References
Youth and Varsity rugby
He came through the Sharks youth system, playing for their Under–16 team at the 2004 Grant Khomo Week, for the Under–18s at the 2005 Academy Week and for the Under–21 team in the 2008 Under-21 Provincial Championship.
At the start of 2013, he played Varsity Cup rugby for the NMMU Madibaz, who reached their first ever semi-final in this competition.
Border Bulldogs
He signed for the Border Bulldogs in time for the 2012 Currie Cup First Division season and instantly became a regular in the senior side, making his debut in the first game of the season against the SWD Eagles and playing in all fourteen games of the season, starting thirteen of them.
He only played in two 2013 Vodacom Cup matches due to his Varsity Cup duties, but returned to the Bulldogs make a further ten appearances in the 2013 Currie Cup First Division, scoring two tries.
Pumas
He left the Bulldogs at the end of the 2013 season to join Nelspruit-based side the Pumas. He was a member of the Pumas side that won the Vodacom Cup for the first time in 2015, beating Western Province 24–7 in the final. Shabangu made nine appearances during the season, scoring two tries.
Sevens and Representative rugby
He also played some sevens rugby, playing for the Sharks sevens team in 2009 and 2010 and captaining a South African Emerging Sevens team in the Safaricom Sevens tournament in 2011.
In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup and won the tournament after winning all three matches.