Andile Jho is a South African

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player who last played for the in the

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and in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is centre.

Rugby career

He played for in various youth tournaments between 2005 and 2010. His performances lead to him being included in the South Africa Under–16 Elite squad in 2008, the Under–18 High Performance squads in 2009 and 2010 and the S.A. Schools squad in 2009. He then joined the academy, playing for them at Under–19 level in 2011 and Under–21 level in 2012. In 2013, he joined the . He was included in the

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squad, where he was an unused substitute against the , but made his debut against .

Personal life

He is the older brother of Somila Jho, who also played first class rugby for the . On 14 May 2016, the two brothers played together in a first class match for the first time when they were named as the starting centre-pairing for their 2016 Currie Cup qualification defeat to in

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. Andile scored his first senior try in this match in a 10–50 defeat.

References

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