Full name Maphutha Stephen Dolo Playing position | Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Name Maphutha Dolo | |
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Born 13 March 1992 (age 32)
Polokwane, South Africa ( 1992-03-13 ) University University of the Free State | ||
School(s) attended Ben Vorster, Tzaneen | ||
Maphutha Stephen Dolo (born (1992-03-13)13 March 1992 in Pietersburg, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Falcons. His regular position is winger.
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Youth
In 2008, he was selected in the Limpopo Blue Bulls' Under-16 squad that participated at the Grant Khomo Week competition; this also led to his inclusion in the South African Under-16 Elite Squad. He also played Under-18 Craven Week rugby for the Limpopo Blue Bulls in both 2009 and 2010.
He moved to Bloemfontein in 2011 and joined the Free State Cheetahs' academy, where he played for the Free State U19 side in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship and for the Free State U21 side in the Under-21 Provincial Championships in 2012 and 2013. He scored two braces in the latter season to help his side to victories over the Border U21 and Leopards U21 sides.
Varsity Cup
In 2013 and 2014, Dolo played in the Varsity Cup for the UFS Shimlas, scoring five tries in 14 appearances during those two seasons.
He was named in a Varsity Cup Dream Team at the conclusion of the 2015 Varsity Cup tournament which played one match against the South Africa Under-20s in Stellenbosch.
Free State Cheetahs
He made his first class debut in 2013, a mere five days after playing in the final match of the UFS Shimlas' Varsity Cup season – he started their 2013 Vodacom Cup match against the Sharks XV in Durban but could not prevent them suffering a narrow 34–33 defeat. He made an additional four appearances in the competition as they failed to qualify for the Quarter Final stages of the competition.
At the conclusion of the 2014 Varsity Cup season, he was once again called into the Free State's Vodacom Cup squad, starting in their matches against Kenyan invitational side Simba XV, as well as against the Blue Bulls, and scored a try in each of these matches.
His first involvement in the Currie Cup competition came during the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, as he was named in the starting line-up for their match against the Sharks, which ended in a 30–30 draw.