Full name | Lawrence Dumisani Sephaka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 August 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 238 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Senior career | |||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
Provincial / State sides | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2001–2010 | Golden Lions | () | |
Super Rugby | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2001–2009 | Lions | () | |
National team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2001–2006 | South Africa | 24 | (0) |
Lawrence Sephaka (born 8 August 1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at prop, preferably Tighthead.
He played in Super Rugby for the Lions.
In 2007 he played in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French professional league, for Toulon, an ambitious side which signed international stars such as George Gregan, Victor Matfield, Anton Oliver, and Andrew Mehrtens in a drive for promotion.
He has in the past competed for the Golden Lions in the domestic Currie Cup competition.
Sephaka made his international debut for the Springboks on 1 December 2001 in a match against the United States at Robertson Stadium in Houston. The Springboks won the game 43 points to 20.
He next played for the Springboks in 2002, earning six international caps that year. He played against Samoa on 6 June at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, which South Africa won 60 points to 18.
He was subsequently included in the Springboks' 2002 Tri Nations Series squad. He played in all four of the Tri Nations games that season against Australia and the All Blacks. He earned another cap at the end of the year in November, in the 10 to 30 loss against France at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille.