Luvuyo Pupuma
| Full name | Luvuyo Phindile Pupuma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 October 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Benedict's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of the Witwatersrand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luvuyo Phindile "PaPi" Pupuma (born 16 October 1992) is a South African rugby union player for the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge.[1] He usually plays as a prop.
Rugby career[edit]
Early years[edit]
Pupuma was born and grew up in Johannesburg. He attended St Benedict's College in Bedfordview, matriculating in 2011 alongside fellow future professional rugby player, Luther Obi.[2]
After high school, Pupuma studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, and he also played rugby for their senior team in the Varsity Cup in 2013, 2014 and 2017 and in the Varsity Shield in 2015 and 2016.[3] He came into a [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] team that were promoted as champions from the Varsity Shield in 2012 to make their Varsity Cup debut in 2013. They lost all their games at the higher level in 2013 and 2014 and were relegated to the second-tier level for 2015. Pupuma scored four tries in the competition[4] to help his team to the final of the competition, where they lost to [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]],[5] and five tries in their 2016 campaign,[6] as his team went one better, beating [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] 39–2 in the final[7] to win promotion back to the Varsity Cup for 2017. He had a stand-out season in that competition, helping Wits to their best-ever finish of fifth, and being named in the Varsity Cup Dream Team at the conclusion of the series,[8] appearing as a replacement in their 19–50 defeat to the South Africa Under-20 team.[9]
Golden Lions[edit]
Pupuma made his first class debut on 7 May 2016, coming on as a 30th-minute replacement in the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]]'s Currie Cup qualification match against [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] in Randburg.[10] He made one more appearance in the competition, also as a replacement against in their match against [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]].[11]
He made four appearances for the Golden Lions XV in the 2017 Rugby Challenge,[12] including his first start in first class rugby in their 84–0 victory over Namibian side the [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]].[13] He was also included in their squad for the 2017 Currie Cup Premier Division, but failed to make any appearances in the competition.[14]
Southern Kings[edit]
Pupuma was included in the Southern Kings squad for their inaugural season in the Pro14 competition.[15] He made his debut for the Kings in a 10–57 defeat to Welsh side Scarlets in their opening match of the competition, coming on as a second-half replacement,[16] and again appeared as a replacement in their second match, scoring a late try in a 10–32 defeat to Connacht in Galway.[17]
References[edit]
- ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Luvuyo Pupuma". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ↑ "Alumni 2010 onwards". St Benedict's. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ↑ "FNB Wits Player Profiles : Luvuyo Pupuma". Varsity Cup. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ↑ Template:SA Rugby Try Scorers
- ↑ De Vries, Michael (6 April 2015). "Impi sink Wits to claim Shield". Varsity Cup. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Template:SA Rugby Try Scorers
- ↑ "FNB Wits cap off outstanding Varsity Shield campaign, defeating FNB UWC 39-2 in the final". Varsity Cup. 18 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Varsity Cup Dream Team 2017 announced". Sport24. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ↑ "Junior Boks lash Dream Team". SA Rugby Magazine. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
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- ↑ "Squad: Xerox Golden Lions XV". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ↑ "SUPERSPORT RUGBY CHALLENGE - MATCH 48, POOL STAGE". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ↑ "Squad: Xerox Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ↑ "Player Profile : Luvuyo Pupuma". Guinness PRO14. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ↑ "Scarlets seal sensational opening win over Southern Kings". Guinness Pro14. 2 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Connacht up and running with victory over Southern Kings". Guinness Pro14. 9 September 2017. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017. Unknown parameter
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