Denford Mutamangira

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.[3]

Denford Mutamangira
Birth nameDenford Mutamangira
Date of birth (1984-06-05) 5 June 1984[1][2]
Place of birthZimbabwe
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight115 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		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Zimbabwe

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][4] Ayr was to win the RBS league title and RBS Scottish Cup and RBS Team of the Season in 2012-2013.[5]

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.[6] He played in their pre-season friendly match against Aberdeen GSFP.[7] 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[8] ahead of the Currie Cup.[3] He was scheduled to play for the Sharks against Xerox Golden Lions but was sidelined with a strained knee.[9]

International career

He won the Africa Cup with Zimbabwe in 2014.[1][10]

The prop was named captain of the Zimbabwe national team on 7 June 2015.[10]

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