Lubabalo Vincent Gwavu (born 4 September 1987) 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 club side QBR. His regular position is flanker.

Career

Youth

He represented the at the 2004 Under-18 Academy Week and the 2005 Under-18

Craven Week The Craven Week is an annual rugby union tournament organised for schoolboys in the Republic of South Africa. The tournament started in July 1964, and is named after the legendary Springbok rugby union player and coach Dr Danie Craven. The tou ...

tournaments. He then joined the and played for them at Under-19 level in 2006 and at Under-21 level in 2007 and 2008.

Senior career

Blue Bulls

Gwavu was included in the squads for both the

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and

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

Vodacom Cup The Vodacom Cup was an annual rugby union competition in South Africa. Annual Vodacom Cup competitions were played between its inaugural season in 1998 and 2015 and was contested between February and May each year. The Vodacom Cup was the succes ...

competitions, but failed to make an appearance. His first class debut came in the

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edition of this competition, coming on as a substitute against the . He made further appearances for the Blue Bulls in the

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

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and

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Vodacom Cup competitions, but failed to break into their

Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...

side.

SWD Eagles

He had a three-match spell at the in 2009, where he did make his

debut against the in

Welkom Welkom () is the second-largest city in the Free State province of South Africa, located about northeast of Bloemfontein which is the provincial capital. Welkom is also known as Circle City, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng. The cit ...

Falcons

In 2013, he joined the for the

2013 Vodacom Cup The 2013 Vodacom Cup was played between 9 March and 18 May 2013 and was the 16th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First ...

Representative rugby

He was included in the 2005 S.A. Schools team and the 2006 South African Under-19 team that took part at the IRB Under 19 World Championship. In 2013, he was initially included in a South Africa President's XV training squad to play in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup and made one appearance for them against , but didn't make the cut for the final squad.

Varsity Cup

He represented university sides (in the 2008 Varsity Cup) and the (in the

and

Varsity Cup tournaments).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gwavu, Vince 1987 births Living people Rugby union players from Port Elizabeth Xhosa people South African rugby union players Blue Bulls players Falcons (rugby union) players SWD Eagles players Tshwane University of Technology alumni Rugby union flankers