Makazole Mapimpi

Makazole Mapimpi
Birth name	Makazole D-rex Mapimpi
Date of birth	26 July 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Tsholomnqa, Eastern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb; 14 st 5 lb)
School	Jim Mvabasa SS School, King William's Town
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Winger / Centre
Current team	Sharks / Sharks (Currie Cup)
Youth career
2009	Border Bulldogs
Senior career
Years	Team
2014–2016	Border Bulldogs
2017	Southern Kings
2017–2018	Free State Cheetahs
2017–2018	Cheetahs
2018–	Sharks (Currie Cup)
2018–	Sharks
2020–2021	→NTT Red Hurricanes
	Correct as of 12 January 2024
International career
Years	Team
2017	South Africa A
2018–	South Africa
	Correct as of 30 September 2024
Men's Rugby 15's
Representing South Africa
Rugby World Cup

Makazole D-rex Mapimpi (born 26 July 1990) is a South African professional rugby union player for the Sharks in the United Rugby Championship and South Africa national team. He usually plays as a winger and centre.^[1] He was part of the winning Springboks of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan and the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. He became the first South African to score a try in a World Cup Final. Nketsi Makoa has replaced him in the first test games against Australia earlier this year

^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Makazole Mapimpi". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

[SARU_Player_Profile_Makazole_Mapimpi-1] "SA Rugby Player Profile – Makazole Mapimpi". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

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