Bongi Mbonambi

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Mbongeni Theo 'Bongi' Mbonambi (born (1991-01-07)7 January 1991) is a South African professional rugby union player, He currently plays as a hooker for the URC team and also the South Africa national rugby team. His position is hooker and he previously played for the Blue Bulls. He made his senior debut during the 2012 Super Rugby season against the Crusaders in Pretoria.

Mbonambi was a member of the South Africa Under 20 team that competed in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship.^[1]

International rugby[]

On 28 May 2016, Mbonambi was included in a 31-man South Africa squad for their three-test match series against a touring Ireland team.^[2]

Mbonambi was named in South Africa's squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.^[3] South Africa went on to win the tournament, defeating England in the final.^[4]

International statistics[]

Test Match Record[]

As of 8 October 2021

Against	P	W	D	L	Try	Pts	%Won
Argentina	6	5	0	1	1	5	83.33
Australia	6	2	0	4	2	10	33.33
British and Irish Lions	3	2	0	1	0	0	66.67
England	5	3	0	2	0	0	60
France	4	4	0	0	1	5	100
Georgia	1	1	0	0	1	5	100
Ireland	2	1	0	1	0	0	50
Italy	3	2	0	1	2	10	66.67
Japan	2	2	0	0	0	0	100
Namibia	1	1	0	0	2	10	100
New Zealand	8	2	1	5	0	0	31.25
Scotland	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
Wales	3	1	0	2	0	0	33.33
Total	45	27	1	17	9	45	61.11

Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Pts = Points Scored

Test tries (9)[]

Tries	Opposition	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result
1	Italy	Padua, Italy	Stadio Euganeo	Test match	25 November 2017	Won 35–6
1	Australia	Brisbane, Australia	Suncorp Stadium	2018 Rugby Championship	8 September 2018	Lost 18–23
1	France	Paris, France	Stade de France	Test match	10 November 2018	Won 29–26
1	Argentina	Salta, Argentina	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena	2019 Rugby Championship	10 August 2019	Won 46–13
2	Namibia	Aichi Prefecture, Japan	Toyota Stadium	2019 Rugby World Cup	28 September 2019	Won 57–3
1	Italy	Fukuroi, Japan	Shizuoka Stadium	2019 Rugby World Cup	4 October 2019	Won 49–3
1	Georgia	Pretoria, South Africa	Loftus Versfeld	Test match	2 July 2021	Won 40–9
1	Australia	Gold Coast, Australia	Cbus Super Stadium	2021 Rugby Championship	12 September 2021	Lost 26–28

References[]

External links[]

• Bongi Mbonambi at Springboks.rugby

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