Lusanda Badiyana
| Date of birth | 1 September 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | East London, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Cambridge High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Number eight / Lock / Flanker | ||
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| 2014 | Border Bulldogs | ||
| 2015–present | Eastern Province Kings | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2016 | Eastern Province Kings | 9 | (10) |
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Lusanda Badiyana (born 1 September 1996) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Eastern Province Kings in Currie Cup rugby. His regular position is eighth man, but he can also play as a flanker or a lock.
Badiyana was born and grew up in East London, where he also attended Cambridge High School. In 2014, he was selected to represent the East London-based Border Bulldogs at the Under-18 Academy Week in Worcester, where he made three starts to help his side to two victories at the tournament.
After school, Badiyana moved to Port Elizabeth to join the Eastern Province Kings academy. He was named the vice-captain of the Eastern Province U19 squad that competed in the 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship, leading the team on occasion when regular captain Jeremy Ward was unavailable. Badiyana missed just one match all season, starting in eleven of their twelve matches during the regular season. He was mostly used as a lock during the campaign, and he scored tries in matches against Golden Lions U19,Sharks U19 and Leopards U19 to help his team finish top of the log, winning eleven of their twelve matches to qualify for the semi-finals. Badiyana started their 31–15 victory over Free State U19, as well as in the final, as they beat the Blue Bulls U19s – the only team to beat them all season – 25–23 in Johannesburg to win the Under-19 Provincial Championship for the first time in their history.
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