 Mtawarira in 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Tendai Mtawarira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 August 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140 kg (310 lb; 22 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Churchill School Peterhouse Boys' School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Rugby union player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tendai Mtawarira (born 1 August 1985) is a Zimbabwean-South African retired professional rugby union player who last played for Old Glory DC in Major League Rugby and previously for the South Africa national team and the Sharks in Super Rugby. He was born in Zimbabwe and qualified for South Africa on residency grounds, before later acquiring South African citizenship. Mtawarira, a prop, is known by the nickname Beast.
Mtawarira made his debut for South Africa against Wales on 14 June 2008. With 117 caps, he is the most capped prop in South African history and the fourth most capped Springbok of all time behind Victor Matfield, Bryan Habana and Eben Etzebeth.
With his 117 caps, Mtawarira is the 17th most capped international forward of all time and the 6th most capped prop of all time. He is also a 2019 Rugby World Cup Winner.
He owns a security company in South Africa and a community-based organisation known as The Beast Foundation.
- ^ a b South African Rugby Annual 2018. South African Rugby Union. 2018. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-620-78461-0.
- ^ South African Rugby Annual 2015. South African Rugby Union. 2015. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-620-62087-1.
- ^ South African Rugby Annual 2016. South African Rugby Union. 2016. pp. 124–125. ISBN 978-0-620-69290-8.
- ^ South African Rugby Annual 2017. South African Rugby Union. 2017. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-0-620-74427-0.
- ^ "Legendary Springbok "Beast" retires at the top".
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