Solly Tyibilika
| Full name | Solomzi Tyibilika | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 23 June 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 November 2011 (aged 32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Gugulethu, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2003–2006 2011 |
Natal University / UKZN (Maritzburg) Hamilton Sea Point RFC |
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| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2003–2006 | Sharks (Currie Cup) | () | |
| Super Rugby | |||
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2004–2006 |
 South Africa
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Solomzi "Solly" Tyibilika (23 June 1979 – 13 November 2011) was a South African rugby union footballer, who played as a flanker for the Lions in the international Super 14 competition in his last years. He was the first black person (not white or mixed race) to score a test try for the South Africa national rugby union team.
Tyibilika was born in Port Elizabeth and educated at the Loyiso High School. While at high school he started playing rugby union, making his professional debut in 2001 with Griquas.
Tyibilika played for Springbok 'A' in 2004. In November of that year he made his debut for the Springboks in a match against Scotland at Murrayfield playing at flank. South Africa won the match 45–10. He scored on his debut. He played in a subsequent test against Argentina in Buenos Aires, which the Springboks won 39–7.
Tyibilika next played for the Springboks the following season in June, where he played against Uruguay, which the Springboks won 134–3. He then played a subsequent test against the Wallabies in the 2005 Tri Nations Series, which the Springboks won 33–20 at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. He earned one other cap that year against Argentina in Buenos Aires in November. He was named in the Springboks' 2006 Tri Nations Series squad.
Tyibilika was part of the Southern Kings squad that played against the British and Irish Lions, in the Lions tour of South Africa in 2009.
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