Lungelo Gosa (born 31 January 1995) is a South African

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player, currently playing with the

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of the

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First Division for 2021 season. His regular position is fly-half or fullback.

Rugby career

2011–2013: Schoolboy rugby

Gosa was born in

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in the Eastern Cape and attended the East London-based Selborne College. He played first team rugby for the school, also captaining the side in 2013. He was selected to represent his local provincial union, the twice at schoolboy level; he played for them at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2011, as well as at the Under-18

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tournament in 2013, where he scored a try against Namibia and kicked seven points against the .

2014–2016: Sevens / Golden Lions

After high school, Gosa concentrated on playing rugby sevens. He represented the

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Academy team at several international tournaments in 2014, 2015 and 2016 – and was also named in an extended training squad for the team as they prepared for the 2016 Summer Olympics – but failed to break into the national team. Gosa also returned to the fifteen-man form of the sport towards the end of 2015, making two appearances for the

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-based 's Under-21 team in the Under-21 Provincial Championship.

2016: Eastern Province Kings

In August 2016, Gosa was contracted by the cash-strapped for the

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. He made his first class debut by coming on as a replacement in their match against the , scoring his first senior points within ten minutes of his debut by converting a Johann Tromp try. After two more appearances off the bench against the and , he made his first senior start as the fly-half in their midweek match against , kicking seven points in his side's 24–47 defeat. He started as a fullback in their defeat to the before reverting to the bench for their final two matches in a season that saw the EP Kings fail to win any of their matches to finish bottom of the log.

2017: Leopards

Gosa moved to Potchefstroom to join the for the 2017 season.

Other sports

In addition to rugby, Gosa also played

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at high school level and represented Border at

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at Under-19 level.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gosa, Lungelo South African rugby union players Living people 1995 births People from Qonce Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union fullbacks Eastern Province Elephants players Universiade medalists in rugby sevens Universiade silver medalists for South Africa Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Leopards (rugby union) players Border Bulldogs players SWD Eagles players Rugby union players from the Eastern Cape