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Full name  Siyabonga Mangweni
2001–05  Border Bulldogs
Nickname  Tiger
Name  Tiger Mangweni

Height  1.76 m
Years  Team
Weight  90 kg
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Born  20 June 1980 (age 35)Nxaruni, East London (1980-06-20)
School(s) attended  Ntsonkotha Senior Secondary School
School  Ntsonkotha Senior Secondary School

Current club  Eastern Province Kings

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Siyabonga "Tiger" Mangweni (born 20 June 1980) is a former South African rugby union player and currently a coach at the Border Bulldogs.

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Playing career

He started his career at the Border Bulldogs and got called into the Stormers Super Rugby squad as a Bulldogs player. He then had a short stint at Western Province, before moving to Griquas, where he also represented the Cheetahs in Super Rugby. In 2008, he moved to the Blue Bulls and also played for the Bulls in Super Rugby.

In 2009, he was a member of the Southern Kings team that played in the 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa.

In 2010, he was released by the Blue Bulls to join the Eastern Province Kings for the 2010 Currie Cup First Division campaign. He was named in the Kings wider training squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season, but was subsequently released to the Vodacom Cup squad.

Coaching

He retired as a player at the end of the 2013 season and was appointed the defensive coach for the EP Kings' Vodacom Cup side.

References

Tiger Mangweni Wikipedia