Lungelo Payi

Lungelo Payi
Personal information
Full name Lungelo Payi
Born (1981-05-22) 22 May 1981
Peelton
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
School(s) attended Phillip Mtywakuss
Club information
Playing position Lock
Current club Boland Cavaliers
Youth career
2002 Border Bulldogs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Pts)
2003–05 Border Bulldogs ()
2006 Western Province 6 (5)
2006–07 Border Bulldogs 22 (5)
2008 Falcons 8 (0)
2010–11 Eastern Province Kings 16 (0)
2012– Boland Cavaliers 11 (5)
Representative team(s)
2009 Southern Kings ()

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 14:32, 9 Oct 2012 (UTC).
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 14:32, 9 Oct 2012 (UTC).

Lungelo Payi (born 22 May 1981) is a former South African rugby union player who played with the Eastern Province Kings.[1]

He started playing his rugby for the Border Bulldogs in 2003. He then moved to Western Province and played for Border Bulldogs again, as well as the Falcons. In 2009, he was playing club rugby with False Bay Rugby Club when he got a surprise call-up to the Southern Kings squad for their game against the British and Irish Lions.[2] In 2010, he moved back to the Eastern Cape region and joined Eastern Province Kings for the 2010 Currie Cup First Division season. He is currently a sports commentator and runs a number of youth rugby development programmes and manages a number of professional players through his sports management company.

References

  1. "Player Profile Lungelo Payi". sarugby.net. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  2. "Club star gets crack at BI Lions". sharksworld.co.za. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
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