Honeywell Nguruve Explained

Honeywell Nguruve
Birth Date:12 August 1969
Birth Place:Bindura, Rhodesia
Height:6 ft 3 in
Weight:205 lb
School:Milton High School
Position:No. 8 / Flanker
Repyears1:1990–91
Repcaps1:5
Reppoints1:4

Honeywell Nguruve (born August 12, 1969) is a Zimbabwean former international rugby union player.

Biography

Nguruve, an Old Miltonian, was born in the town of Bindura and is the son of Zimbabwe's first black police commissioner Wiridzayi Nguruve. He played his rugby at Milton High School under the coaching of Sydney Dawson.[1] [2]

During the early 1990s, Nguruve played on the Zimbabwe national team, as a flanker, number eight and lock. He was one of four players of colour in the 1991 Rugby World Cup squad and scored a try in the match against Japan in Belfast.[2]

Nguruve emigrated to Australia in 1993, having been signed to play rugby for Perth-Bayswater. He represented Western Australia against the touring 1993 Springboks and the following year relocated to Sydney, where he played for Randwick.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Tshuma . Andile . A rich alumni community of professionals . . 12 October 2018.
  2. News: World Cup star professes to ‘losing my bearings’ - Sports Cast . sportscast.co.zw . 12 April 2022.
  3. News: Growden . Greg . Kelaher back with a fresh bunch of Waratahs . . 14 April 1994.