Tonderai Chavhanga

Tonderai Chavhanga

Tonderai Chavhanga (born 24 December, 1983 in Masvingo, Zimbabwe) is a South African rugby union footballer. Chavhanga has played for the national team, the Springboks, being capped once in 2005. He plays for the Stormers in the international Super 14 competition.

Chavhanga made his international debut for the Springboks as a 21 year old on 11 June, 2005 on the right wing, in a home game against Uruguay at the Basil Kenyon Stadium in East London. The Springboks notched up a large victory, winning 134 points to three. Chavhanga scored six tries in the match and now holds the South African record for the number of tryings scored in one game. He missed the end of year touring matches, because of a quad muscle injury.

He was selected as part of the springboks squad to tour New Zealand and Australia. He was on the bench for the game against the All Blacks in Christchurch.

He can run 100m in 10.27 seconds, a time he ran when when he was 16. He is possibly the fastest player in rugby union and according Jake White, the former springbok coach's book (in black and white), he is possibly the fastest rugby player in South African history.

Childhood

He was raised by his mother, who had a strong influence on his religious views. His mother worked in construction and built the house he grew up in. Although poor his mother supported him finacial and was the biggest influence on him. His father played very little role in his life, as he remarried and was uninvolved in his up bringing. Tonderai Chavhanga attended Prince Edward high school in Zimbabwe on a scholarship. He was the youngest play in the history of the school to play for the school's first team.

Xenophobia

He made a strong statement against xenophobia when he addressed media, in his capacity as a Springbok on the 2008 xenophobic attacks. He also clearly stated that he was Shona, a Zimbabwean ethnic tribe.

References

External links

* [http://www.thestormers.com/profiles.asp?id=55 Stormers profile]
* [http://www.genslin.us/bokke/SARugby.html Tonderai Chavhanga] on Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame
* [http://www.sarugby.com/news/Player/pid=87.html Tonderai Chavhanga] on SARugby.com
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=p93mxSU2bJc Tonderai Pace Explosion] Witness the express pace on Youtube.com


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