Nickname Pitsa Name Siphesihle Punguzwa School Selborne College 2013– Eastern Province Kings | 2009–11 Border Bulldogs Weight 87 kg Height 1.78 m | |
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Full name Siphesihle Qhamani Punguzwa Born 21 May 1993 (age 30)
Butterworth, South Africa ( 1993-05-21 ) School(s) attended Selborne College, East London | ||
Current club Eastern Province Kings | ||
Siphesihle Qhamani 'Pitsa' Punguzwa (born 21 May 1993 in Butterworth) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Eastern Province Kings. His regular position is flanker.
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Youth
Punguzwa represented his home province of Border at both the 2009 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and the 2011 Under-18 Craven Week tournaments. He then moved to Port Elizabeth to join the Eastern Province Kings. He played in all nine matches of the Eastern Province U21 side's 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship Division B campaign, making five starts and four substitute appearances and scoring eight tries, the joint-highest by a forward in the competition. His try-scoring feats included braces against SWD U21 and Falcons U21. He also played in their promotion/relegation play-off match against former side Border U21, but, despite scoring yet another try in the match, could not help Eastern Province U21 gain promotion to Division A.
Senior career
He was included in the Eastern Province Kings for the first time for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition and made his senior debut by coming on as a substitute in their 17–10 opening day defeat to Kenyan side Simba XV. Three more substitute appearances followed – with Punguzwa scoring his first senior try for the Kings in their 28–21 victory over Boland Cavaliers – before he was named in the starting line-up for the first time for their match against the Sharks XV in Durban.