Bangihlombe Kobese (born 19 January 1992) 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 its m ...

player, currently playing with the . His regular position is scrum-half.

Career

Youth and Varsity rugby

Kobese represented his local province, Border, at various youth tournaments – in 2005, he played for them at the Under-13 Craven Week competition and in 2008, he played at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week, which led to his inclusion in a South African Under-16 Elite squad. After a solid performance at the 2009 Under-18

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tournament, Kobese was included in the South African Schools squad that played against their Italian counterparts. Kobese also played in yet another Craven Week tournament in 2010 and was also included in the team that participated in the 2010 Under-19 Provincial Championship, making a solitary appearance. He also continued to play for (and captain) school side

Dale College Dale College Boys' High School (Simply often known as ''Dale College'') is a State school, public English language, English medium high school for boys situated in the town of Qonce in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa; It is one of the ...

until 2011. In 2013, Kobese moved to

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where he joined the academy. He made one appearance in the side's title-winning 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship season and was an unused substitute in their promotion/relegation match against former side . The following season, Kobese joined Alice-based university side in their 2014 Varsity Shield campaign. He made six starts and two substitute appearances as they narrowly lost out on a spot in the final of the competition, contributing eleven points with the boot.

Border Bulldogs

Following on from his performance in the 2014 Varsity Shield, Kobese was included in the ' squad for the last three matches of their

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campaign. He made his first class debut playing off the bench in a 54–17 defeat to the in

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, kicking a late conversion for the Bulldogs. Another substitute appearance followed against the before Kobese made his first senior start in their final match of the season against the in

Piketberg Piketberg (also sometimes spelt Piquetberg in the past) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa, located about 80 km east of Saldanha Bay. The original spelling of the name was "Piquetberg". The town is in the foothills of the Piketberg mounta ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kobese, Bangi 1992 births Living people People from Mdantsane South African rugby union players Border Bulldogs players Rugby union scrum-halves Rugby union players from the Eastern Cape