Nqoba Mxoli

Nqoba Mxoli
Personal information
Full name Nqobisizwe Minentle Mxoli
Nickname Mox
Born (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994
Durban, South Africa
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
School(s) attended Westville Boys' High School
University University of Pretoria
Club information
Playing position Prop
Current club Blue Bulls
Youth career
2013– Blue Bulls
Amateur team(s)
Years Team
2015 UP Tuks 8 (10)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2014– Blue Bulls 6 (10)
Representative team(s)‡
2014 S.A. Under-20 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 1 May 2016.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 6 August 2015.

Nqobisizwe Minentle 'Mox' Mxoli (born 2 February 1994 in Durban, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Blue Bulls.[1] His regular position is prop.

Career

Mxoli went to Westville Boys' High School, but wasn't selected to represent KwaZulu-Natal in any school-level rugby union competitions.

After finishing school, Mxoli moved to Pretoria to join the Blue Bulls Academy. He made seven appearances for the Blue Bulls U19s in the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring one try in their 56–7 victory over Border U19[2] to help them finish top of the log after winning all twelve of their matches. They eventually won the competition, beating the Golden Lions U19 35–23 in the final,[3] but Nxoli didn't feature for them in the play-off stages.

In 2014, he was named in the Blue Bulls squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition and made his first class debut in their 20–22 defeat to the Pumas, coming on as a replacement mid-way through the second half.[4] That was his only appearance in the competition and he linked up with the South Africa Under-20 squad as they prepared for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship in New Zealand.[5] He was not named in the matchday squads for their first two pool stage matches against Scotland[6] and New Zealand,[7] but was included on the bench for their third match against Samoa. However, he failed to get any game time in the match as South Africa won 21–8 to qualify for the semi-finals.[8] He was again not named in their squad that beat New Zealand in the semi-final[9] or the squad that lost 20–21 to England in the final,[10] therefore failing to play a single minute in the tournament.

Upon his return to domestic action, he played five times for the Blue Bulls U21s in the round-robin stages of the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He scored a brace against Border U21 in a 123–7 victory[11] to help the Blue Bulls qualify for the semi-finals, but didn't feature in the play-offs, as the Blue Bulls won the tournament, beating Western Province U21 20–10 in the final.[12]

At the start of 2015, Mxoli represented university side UP Tuks in the 2015 Varsity Cup. He featured in all eight of their matches - scoring tries against both Western Cape sides, the UCT Ikey Tigers[13] and Maties[14] – as they finished top of the log before suffering a 28–29 semi-final defeat to NWU Pukke.[15] After the tournament, he was named as a replacement prop in a Varsity Cup Dream Team[16]

that played a match against the 2015 South African Under-20 squad, with the latter winning the match 31–24.[17]

He then made his first start in a first class match in the Blue Bulls' 2015 Vodacom Cup match against their affiliated sub-union, the Limpopo Blue Bulls. Mxoli took just 4 minutes to score his first senior try in the match to help the Blue Bulls to a 83–13 victory.[18] He was named in the Blue Bulls' Currie Cup side for the first time prior to the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division and he was named on the bench for their opening match of the competition against the Free State Cheetahs.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "SARU Player Profile Nqoba Mxoli". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border 7-56 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – MTN Golden Lions 23-35 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Steval Pumas 22-20 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Junior Springboks named for JWC 2014". South African Rugby Union. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 61-5 Scotland". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – New Zealand 24-33 South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Samoa 8-21 South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa 32-25 New Zealand". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – England 21-20 South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border U21 7-123 Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Western Province U21 10-20 Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB UP - TUKS 39-24 FNB UCT". South African Rugby Union. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB UP - TUKS 53-8 FNB MATIES". South African Rugby Union. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  15. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – FNB UP - TUKS 28-29 FNB NWU-PUKKE". South African Rugby Union. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  16. ↑ "Smith takes charge of Dream Team". Varsity Cup. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  17. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Varsity Cup XV 24-31 South Africa U/20". South African Rugby Union. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  18. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 83-13 Assupol Limpopo Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  19. ↑ "Youthful look to Vodacom Blue Bulls for Currie Cup opener". Blue Bulls. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  1. ↑ "2015 Blue Bulls Currie Cup season". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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