Sonwabo Majola

Sonwabo Majola

Personal information
Full name	Sonwabo Qengeba Majola
Born	20 March 1993 Uitenhage, South Africa
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	69 kg (10 st 12 lb)
School(s) attended	Muir College, Uitenhage
Club information
Playing position	Scrum-half
Current club	Eastern Province Kings
Youth career
2012	Eastern Province U19
2013–	Eastern Province U21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2014–	Eastern Province Kings	3	(5)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 9 April 2014. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 9 April 2014.

Sonwabo Qengeba Majola (born 20 March 1993 in Uitenhage) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Eastern Province Kings.^[1] His regular position is scrum-half, but also played as a fly-half at school level.

Career

Youth

After playing for the Muir College first team in 2011^[2] and 2012,^[3] Majola also represented the NMMU Young Guns in the Varsity Young Guns competition in 2013.^[4]

In 2012, he helped the Eastern Province U19 side to the Under-19 Provincial Championship Division B final, starting eight matches in the competition. The following year, he went one better by winning the Under-21 Provincial Championship Division B competition with the Eastern Province U21 team, narrowly losing out on promotion to Division A.

Senior career

After playing a pre-season trial match for the Kings against the Stormers,^[5] he was included in the senior side for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition.^[6] He made his first class debut on 15 March 2014 in their match against the Border Bulldogs in Grahamstown, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring a try 11 minutes after coming on.^[7] He also made substitute appearances against Western Province^[8] and the Free State XV in Cradock.^[9]

References

1. "SARU Player Profile Sonwabo Majola". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
2. "KC 1st XV vs Muir College". Kingswood College. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
3. "Graeme edge out Muir". Rugby365. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
4. "Trojans with excellent start". University of Cape Town Ikey Tigers. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
5. "Stormers blitz Kings in PE". Rugby365. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
6. "2014 Eastern Province Kings Vodacom Cup season". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
7. "Match Breakdown: Eastern Province Kings vs Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
8. "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Eastern Province Kings". South African Rugby Union. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
9. "Match Breakdown: Eastern Province Kings vs Toyota Free State XV". South African Rugby Union. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.