Kalvano King
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kalvano Xenito King | ||
| Born |
10 January 1989 Grahamstown, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 62 kg (9 st 11 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Alexandria High School, Alexandria | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Scrum-half | ||
| Current club | Despatch | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–10 | Eastern Province Kings | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2010–13 | Progress | () | |
| 2015– | Despatch | 3 | (20) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2014 | Eastern Province Kings | 1 | (0) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2007 | S.A. Schools | () | |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 7 April 2015. | |||
Kalvano Xenito King (born 10 January 1989 in Grahamstown) is a South African rugby union player currently playing for Eastern Province Grand Challenge club side Despatch.[1] His regular position is scrum-half.
Career
Youth and club rugby
King represented Eastern Province at several youth tournaments – he played for them at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2005, the Under-18 Academy Week in 2006 and the Under-18 Craven Week in 2007 – the latter culminating in a call-up to the S.A. Schools side.[2]
He played for their Under-19 side during the 2007 and 2008 Under-19 Provincial Championship competitions and for the Under-21 side during the 2008 and 2009 Under-21 Provincial Championship competitions. He was offered a junior contract with Eastern Province for 2010 and included in the squad for the 2010 Vodacom Cup competition,[3] but suffered a serious wrist injury and failed to make the breakthrough to the senior side.[4]
He dropped down to playing club rugby, where he helped Uitenhage-based side Progress reach the final of the 2012 Super 12 series[4] and being included in an Eastern Province Country Districts team.
Eastern Province Kings
Prior to the 2014 season, Eastern Province announced that club players would join their pre-season training squad and King was one of the players selected.[5] He played in pre-season matches against Despatch[6] and Griquas[7] and was then named in the squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup.[8]
He made his senior debut for the Eastern Province Kings in the 2014 Vodacom Cup by starting in their 17–10 opening day defeat to Kenyan side Simba XV.[9] However, that turned out to be his only first class appearance, as he was not named in the Eastern Province Kings squad for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division.
References
- ↑ "SARU Player Profile Kalvano King". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ↑ "SA Schools selection shock". keo.co.za. 14 July 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ↑ "2010 Eastern Province Vodacom Cup season". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- 1 2 "Klubspeler Kelvano OP-Kings se nr. 9". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Die Burger. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ↑ "EPRU club players called up to pre-season training for Vodacom Cup". Eastern Province Rugby. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ↑ "EP Kings and Despatch in curtain raiser". Rugby15. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ↑ "EP Kings Vodacom Cup team announced for Griquas warm up match". Rugby15. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ↑ "2014 Eastern Province Kings Vodacom Cup season". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ↑ "Match Breakdown: Tusker Simba XV vs Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.