Siphesihle Punguzwa

Siphesihle Punguzwa

Personal information
Full name	Siphesihle Qhamani Punguzwa
Nickname	Pitsa
Born	21 May 1993 Butterworth, South Africa
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
School(s) attended	Selborne College, East London
Club information
Playing position	Flanker
Current club	Eastern Province Kings
Youth career
2009–11	Border Bulldogs
2013–	Eastern Province Kings
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2014–	Eastern Province Kings	6	(5)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 26 April 2014. † Appearances (Points).

Siphesihle Qhamani "Pitsa" Punguzwa (born 21 May 1993 in Butterworth) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Eastern Province Kings.^[1] His regular position is flanker.

Career

Youth

Punguzwa represented his home province of Border at both the 2009 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and the 2011 Under-18 Craven Week tournaments. He then moved to Port Elizabeth to join the Eastern Province Kings. He played in all nine matches of the Eastern Province U21 side's 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship Division B campaign, making five starts and four substitute appearances and scoring eight tries, the joint-highest by a forward in the competition.^[2] His try-scoring feats included braces against SWD U21^[3] and Falcons U21.^[4] He also played in their promotion/relegation play-off match against former side Border U21, but, despite scoring yet another try in the match, could not help Eastern Province U21 gain promotion to Division A.^[5]

Senior career

He was included in the Eastern Province Kings for the first time for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition^[6] and made his senior debut by coming on as a substitute in their 17–10 opening day defeat to Kenyan side Simba XV.^[7] Three more substitute appearances followed – with Punguzwa scoring his first senior try for the Kings in their 28–21 victory over Boland Cavaliers^[8] – before he was named in the starting line-up for the first time for their match against the Sharks XV in Durban.

References

1. "SARU Player Profile Siphesihle Punguzwa". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
2. "SA Rugby Try Scorers – 2013 Absa Under 21 Competition". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
3. "Match Breakdown: EP Kings vs SWD". South African Rugby Union. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
4. "Match Breakdown: EP Kings vs Valke". South African Rugby Union. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
5. "Match Breakdown: Border vs EP Kings". South African Rugby Union. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
6. "2014 Eastern Province Kings Vodacom Cup season". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
7. "Match Breakdown: Tusker Simba XV vs Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
8. "Match Breakdown: Eastern Province Kings vs Regent Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.