Zintle Mpupha

Zintle Mpupha is a South African women's rugby union player and cricketer from Xesi, Eastern Cape, South Africa.[1] She played cricket for Border cricket team and rugby for Border Bulldogs as well as the South Africa women's national rugby sevens team as a fly half.[2]

Rugby

Mpupha played rugby for Border Bulldogs. In 2013 she was first called up to the South Africa national women's rugby sevens team.[3] However, due to studying for a degree at the University of Fort Hare, she stopped playing rugby sevens and started playing rugby union while at university.[3] In 2016, after graduating, Mpupha returned to the South Africa rugby sevens team. In 2017, she was offered a professional contract with the South Africa women's national rugby sevens team. This meant that she had to move to Stellenbosch, Western Cape to train with the team which meant she was unable to continue playing for either the Border cricket or rugby teams.[1]

Cricket

Mpupha started playing cricket and played for the Border cricket team's under-19s when she was 14[4] and made her cricket debut for the Border cricket team in 2011.[5] Following this she was called up to the South Africa national women's under-19 cricket team.[4]

References
  1. Mvumvu, Zingisa (2017-10-31). "Border high-riding star has bigger fish to fry in Sevens". Dispatch Live. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  2. DDR (2017-10-31). "Border stars in the Bok world Sevens frame". Dispatch Live. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  3. "Mpupha gets second shot with Bok Women's Sevens". SARFU. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  4. "Mpupha in SA cricket squad". Daily Dispatch. Retrieved 2017-11-09 – via PressReader.com.
  5. "Zintle Mpupha". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
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