Full name | Masixole Banda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 June 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (10 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Ithembelihle High School, New Brighton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Fort Hare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position(s) | Fly-half / Winger / Fullback | ||
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Current team | Kings / Border Bulldogs | ||
Youth Career | |||
2009 | Eastern Province U19 | ||
2010–2011 | Eastern Province U21 | ||
Amateur team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2012 | UFH Blues | 6 | (59) |
2013 | African Bombers | 4 | (0) |
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2014 | Eastern Province Kings | 5 | (21) |
2014–present | Border Bulldogs | 46 | (343) |
2017–present | Kings | 0 | (0) |
Correct as of 9 October 2016
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Masixole 'Coyi' Banda (born Port Elizabeth) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Kings in Super Rugby and the Border Bulldogs in the domestic Currie Cup. He can play as a fly-half, winger or fullback.
11 June 1988 inBanda played his school rugby at Ithembelihle High School, New Brighton until 2010 under the tutelage of Theo Pieterse, who guided the school to being named the School Team of the Year in 2012.
He was also named in the Eastern Province U19 squad for the 2009 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition and played for them at Under-21 level during the 2010 and 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship seasons, making six starts. He was also included in an Eastern Province Kings side that played against the South Africa Under-20 side in 2011, scoring eleven points in a 31–16 defeat.
Banda then joined club side African Bombers. In 2012, Banda started six matches for the UFH Blues in the 2012 Varsity Shield competition – being named the Player that Rocks in their match against UWC – and in 2013, he played for the Bombers in the 2013 SARU Community Cup competition, starting in four of their matches in the competition.
In 2014, the Eastern Province Kings announced that several club players would join their wider training squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup. Banda was included in the training squad and was subsequently included in their squad for the tournament.