Mlungisi Bali

Mlungisi Bali
Personal information
Born (1990-06-01) 1 June 1990
East London, South Africa
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
School(s) attended St. Alban's College, Pretoria
Club information
Playing position Lock
Current club Border Bulldogs
Youth career
2006 Border Bulldogs
2007–10 Blue Bulls
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2013–14 Griffons 25 (0)
2016– Border Bulldogs 0 (0)
Representative team(s)‡
2007 S.A. Schools Academy ()
2008 S.A. Schools ()
2010 S.A. Under-20 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 8 January 2016.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 30 June 2014.

Mlungisi Bali (born 1 June 1990 in East London, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Border Bulldogs.[1] His regular position is lock.

Career

Youth

He represented East London side the Border Bulldogs at the 2006 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week before moving to Pretoria to attend St. Alban's College. He was selected in the Blue Bulls' Under–18 Craven Week side in 2007 (which led to him being named in a South African Schools Academy side that faced the South African Schools side)[2] and in 2008 (which led to his inclusion in the main South African Schools side).[3]

He played for the Blue Bulls U19 side in the 2008 and 2009 Under-19 Provincial Championships and for the Blue Bulls U21 side in the 2010 Under-21 Provincial Championship. In 2010, he was selected for the South Africa Under-20 side that played at the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship in Argentina. He was an unused reserve in their first match against Tonga,[4] but started in their 73–0 victory over Scotland.[5] He played off the bench in their remaining three matches – the final pool stage match against Australia,[6] their 36–7 semi-final defeat to eventual winners New Zealand[7] and their third-place play-off match against England.[8]

Griffons

Bali failed to break into the first team at the Blue Bulls and made the move to Welkom to join the Griffons prior to the 2013 season. He made his provincial first class debut for them during the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition when he started their match against the Limpopo Blue Bulls.[9] After making a total of seven appearances in the 2013 Vodacom Cup, he was also included in their Currie Cup side and made his debut in that competition on 10 August 2013, in a match against the Boland Cavaliers.[10] He made a total of six appearances in the competition and the same amount in the 2014 Vodacom Cup, all of them from the start.

References

  1. ↑ "SARU Player Profile Mlungisi Bali". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Nuwe blaadjie vir Leeus se Rudy Paige" (in Afrikaans). Beeld. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Spanne nog nie almal bekend". Beeld. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Match Details : South Africa v Tonga". IRB. 5 June 2010. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Match Details : South Africa v Scotland". IRB. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Match Details : South Africa v Australia". IRB. 13 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Match Details : New Zealand v South Africa". IRB. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Match Details : England v South Africa". IRB. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls vs Down Touch Griffons". South African Rugby Union. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Down Touch Griffons vs Regent Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
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