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		 ()
National team(s)
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 2015-09-10.
  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 2016-04-18.
  9. "Mutamangira in Sharks Currie Cup squad". news4folk.net.
  10. "Denford new Sables captain". herald.co.zw.


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