Mzwandile Stick Explained

Mzwandile Stick
Fullname:Mzwandile Wanky Stick
Birth Date:1984 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Port Elizabeth, South Africa
School:Newell High School, Port Elizabeth
Position:Fullback
Youthyears1:2002–2003
Youthyears2:2004
Years1:2003, 2007
Apps1:4
Points1:0
Years2:2004–2007
Years3:2010–2011
Apps3:14
Points3:14
Repyears1:2005
Repteam1:South Africa Under-21
Repsevensyears1:2004–2009
Coachyears1:2013
Coachteams1: (assistant)
Coachyears2:2014–2015
Coachteams2: (Vodacom Cup head coach)
Coachyears3:2014–2015
Coachteams3: (head coach)
Coachyears4:2016
Coachteams4: (assistant)
Coachyears5:2016–present
Coachteams5: (assistant)
Clubupdate:25 July 2022
Repupdate:25 July 2022

Mzwandile Wanky Stick (born 5 October 1984 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African former rugby union footballer, and currently (since 2016) the backline coach for the South African national rugby union team.

Playing career

He captained the South Africa sevens team during the 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series, which saw the team win the series title for the first time. His favoured position was full-back. He came off the bench for a Southern Kings XV against British & Irish Lions during the 2009 tour to South Africa.

He was named in the wider training squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season, but was subsequently released to the Vodacom Cup squad.[1]

Coaching

He was named the Under-21 Assistant Coach in 2013.[2] He became the head coach of the team and their Vodacom Cup team for 2014 and 2015, guiding the Under-19s to their first ever Under-19 Provincial Championship title in 2015.

In December 2015, he was appointed as the backline coach of the team for the 2016 Super Rugby season,[3] and joined the South Africa national rugby union team in the same capacity in April 2016.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kings het geen plek vir Tiger . Beeld . 7 January 2013 . 7 January 2013 . Green, Michael . af .
  2. Web site: Eastern Province Kings Player Profile Mzwandile Stick . Eastern Province Kings . 25 June 2013.
  3. SA Rugby unveils Southern Kings management team and operational plan . South African Rugby Union . 23 November 2015 . 4 December 2015.