Denford Mutamangira
| Birth name | Denford Mutamangira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 June 1984[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Denford Mutamangira is a Zimbabwean rugby union player and captain of the Zimbabwe national side. He plays at the Tighthead Prop position or at Loosehead.[3]
Rugby Union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
Mutamangira began his rugby career playing for Harare Sports Club in Zimbabwe in 2004.[1]
He moved to Scotland where he played for the BT Premiership side Ayr RFC in 2012.[1][4] Ayr was to win the RBS league title and RBS Scottish Cup and RBS Team of the Season in 2012-2013.[5]
He moved back to Zimbabwe in 2014 and once again played for Harare Sports Club.[1]
Professional career[edit]
During the 2013-14 season he was part of the back-up squad for Glasgow Warriors.[6] He played in their pre-season friendly match against Aberdeen GSFP.[7] He was named as part of Glasgow Warriors 38 man Heineken Cup squad in that season.[1]
On the 18 June 2015 it was announced that Mutamangira would be training with the South African Super Rugby side, the Durban Sharks[8] ahead of the Currie Cup.[3] He was scheduled to play for the Sharks against Xerox Golden Lions but was sidelined with a strained knee.[9]
International career[edit]
He won the Africa Cup with Zimbabwe in 2014.[1][10]
The prop was named captain of the Zimbabwe national team on 7 June 2015.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Rugby - Denford Mutamangira - Sporple". sporple.com.
- ^ "DENFORD MUTAMANGIRA | Rugby".
- ^ a b "Mutamangira eyes Sharks deal". NewsDay Zimbabwe.
- ^ "Foreign parts solve a Scottish problem". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "Men's rugby at Ayr Rugby Football Club". ayrrugbyclub.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors - Denford Mutamangira". glasgowwarriors.com.
- ^ "Young guns in emphatic Aberdeen win". glasgowwarriors.org.
- ^ "Denford Mutamangira off to the Sharks". kyrossports.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016.
- ^ "Mutamangira in Sharks Currie Cup squad". news4folk.net.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Denford new Sables captain". herald.co.zw.
- Living people
- Glasgow Warriors players
- Ayr RFC players
- 1984 births
- Zimbabwean rugby union players
- Zimbabwe international rugby union players
- Rugby union props
- Expatriate rugby union players in South Africa
- Expatriate rugby union players in Scotland
- Zimbabwean expatriate rugby union players
- Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa