Makazole Mapimpi

Makazole Mapimpi
Personal information
Nickname Drex
Born (1990-07-26) 26 July 1990
Mdantsane, South Africa
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
School(s) attended Jim Mvabasa SS School, King William's Town
Club information
Playing position Winger / Centre
Current club Kings / Border Bulldogs
Youth career
2009 Border Bulldogs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2014–present Border Bulldogs 54 (149)
2017–future Kings 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 9 October 2016.

† Appearances (Points).

Makazole Mapimpi (born 26 July 1990 in Mdantsane, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player who currently plays as a winger or a centre with the Kings in Super Rugby and the Border Bulldogs in the domestic Currie Cup.[1]

Career

Youth

In 2009, Mapimpi was a member of the Border U19 team that played in the 2009 Under-19 Provincial Championship.

Border Bulldogs

He was one of several amateur club players brought into the Border Bulldogs provincial set-up at the start of 2014 after the professional side was declared bankrupt.[2] He was included in their squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition and made his debut in their opening match against a Sharks XV. Border lost the match 24–46, but Mapimpi marked his first class debut with a try shortly after half-time.[3] He also started in their 6–60 loss to Eastern Cape rivals Eastern Province Kings[4] and their next match against Kenyan invitational side Simba XV, scoring the Border Bulldogs' second try in that match to help them to an 18–17 win, their only victory of the competition.[5] He also started the remaining four matches in the competition, scoring his third try of the campaign in their match against the SWD Eagles,[6] as the Border Bulldogs finished bottom of the log.

He was retained for their 2014 Currie Cup qualification campaign and he made his debut in the Currie Cup competition by starting their opening-day 5–52 defeat to Griquas.[7] He missed their next match against the Boland Cavaliers,[8] before starting their other four matches in the competition. However, the Border Bulldogs lost all six of their matches to finish bottom of the log and qualified to the 2014 Currie Cup First Division. Mapimpi once again started all five of their matches, including their first match against the Falcons, which turned out to be the Border Bulldogs' only victory of the season as they ran out 19–14 winners.[9] He scored tries in consecutive matches against the SWD Eagles[10] and a Leopards side that eventually finished top of the log[11] but could not prevent the Bulldogs from finished bottom of the log with a single win all season.

Mapimpi returned in the 2015 Vodacom Cup, but ended up on the losing side in their first six matches in the seven-match competition. Mapimpi was the star performer in their final match of the season against the Boland Cavaliers in Alice;[12] he scored a hat-trick of tries and, with regular kicker Coyi Banda unavailable for this match, also took over the kicking duties and slotted three conversions and a penalty. He finished the match with a personal haul of 24 points in the Border Bulldogs' 29–5 victory to help them overtake the Boland Cavaliers on the Southern Section log.[13]

He also scored a try three minutes from the end of the Border Bulldogs' first match of the 2015 Currie Cup qualification tournament, with his side causing an upset by beating Griquas – the team that won the qualification tournament in 2014 to earn a spot in the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division – 20–13 in a match played in East London.

References

  1. ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Makazole Mapimpi". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bankrupt BRFU can't pay staff". Daily Dispatch. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border Bulldogs 24-46 Cell C Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Eastern Province Kings 60-6 Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border Bulldogs 18-17 Tusker Simba XV". South African Rugby Union. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border Bulldogs 26-40 SWD Eagles". South African Rugby Union. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – GWK Griquas 52-5 Border". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border Bulldogs 12-37 Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border Bulldogs 19-14 Valke". South African Rugby Union. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – SWD Eagles 31-22 Border Bulldogs". South African Rugby Union. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border Bulldogs 19-34 Leopards". South African Rugby Union. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Border Bulldogs 29-5 Boland Cavaliers". South African Rugby Union. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "Border Star Has Super Rugby Dreams". MyPlayers. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
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