Denford Mutamangira

Denford Mutamangira
Birth name Denford Mutamangira
Date of birth circa 1984[1]
Place of birth Zimbabwe
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004-2012
2012-2014
2014-2015		 Harare Sports Club
Ayr RFC
Harare Sports Club		 ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013
2015		 Glasgow Warriors
Sharks		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Zimbabwe ()

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.[2]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

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][3] Ayr was to win the RBS league title and RBS Scottish Cup and RBS Team of the Season in 2012-2013.[4]

He moved back to Zimbabwe in 2014 and once again played for Harare Sports Club.[1]

Professional career

During the 2013-14 season he was part of the back-up squad for Glasgow Warriors.[5] He played in their pre-season friendly match against Aberdeen GSFP.[6] 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[7] ahead of the Currie Cup.[2] He was scheduled to play for the Sharks against Xerox Golden Lions but was sidelined with a strained knee.[8]

International career

He won the Africa Cup with Zimbabwe in 2014.[1][9]

The prop was named captain of the Zimbabwe national team on 7 June 2015.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Rugby - Denford Mutamangira - Sporple". sporple.com.
  2. 1 2 "Mutamangira eyes Sharks deal". NewsDay Zimbabwe.
  3. ↑ "Foreign parts solve a Scottish problem". Herald Scotland.
  4. ↑ "Men's rugby at Ayr Rugby Football Club". ayrrugbyclub.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-09-10.
  5. ↑ "Glasgow Warriors - Denford Mutamangira". glasgowwarriors.com.
  6. ↑ "Young guns in emphatic Aberdeen win". glasgowwarriors.org.
  7. ↑ "Denford Mutamangira off to the Sharks". kyrossports.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-18.
  8. ↑ "Mutamangira in Sharks Currie Cup squad". news4folk.net.
  9. 1 2 "Denford new Sables captain". herald.co.zw.
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