Sibahle Ndiphiwe 'Rabz' Maxwane (born 14 August 1995) is a South African

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player for the in the

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and the in the

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. He usually plays on the wing.

Rugby career

2013 : Youth rugby

Maxwane was born in Queenstown and attended Dale College Boys' High School in nearby

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, playing first team rugby for Dale College in 2013 and 2014. He earned some provincial colours too, when he was named in the Border squad for the 2013 Under-18 Academy Week held in

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2014–2016 : Western Province

Maxwane joined the Western Province Rugby Institute for the 2014 season. He was named in the squad for the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship, but failed to make any appearances in the competition. However, he did feature for a Western Province Rugby Academy XV in a match against a France Under-18 team in August 2014. He was in action for Western Province in 2015, making nine appearances in the Under-21 Provincial Championship. He scored two tries in their 50–14 victory over as his team finished top of the log after the round-robin stage, but an injury ruled him out of the play-off matches that saw Western Province crowned champions after beating in the final. He also joined the South Africa Sevens academy, where he was named in the Blitzboks wider training squad that prepared for the

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. In April 2016, Maxwane made his first class debut, starting their

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match against the . After another start against the , he scored his first senior try in a 27–24 victory over the in his next match. He made three more starts and two appearances off the bench in the competition, scoring his second try in his final appearance for the team in a 45–17 victory over the . He returned to the Under-21 team, starting all eight of their matches in the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He scored one try against the s and two against the during the regular season to help Western Province finish top of the log. He scored a decisive try in a 26–23 victory over in the semi-finals and his fifth of the season in the final, where his team fell just short, losing 34–38 to the Golden Lions. He finished as his team's top try scorer, and just one behind the top try scorers in the competition, the s' Elden Schoeman and the s' Tristan Blewett, and was also named the team's best back of the season at the annual awards ceremony.

2017–present : Bulls

At the end of the 2016 season, the

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-based announced that Maxwane would join them for the 2017 season; he was subsequently also included in the

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squad for the 2017 season.

References

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