Fhumulani Wiseman Kamanga (born 14 November 1991 in

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) is a South African

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player, who most recently played provincial rugby with . His regular position is loosehead prop.

Career

Youth / Golden Lions / UJ

Kamanga was selected to a number of youth sides during his high school years at Hoërskool Marais Viljoen in Alberton; he represented them at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week tournament in 2007, at the Under-18 Academy Week tournament in 2008 and at the Under-18 Craven Week tournament in 2009. He joined the Golden Lions' academy in 2010 and played for the side in the Under-19 Provincial Championship of that year. He was included in a training squad for the South Africa Under-20 squad prior to the

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, but missed out on selection for the final squad. In March 2012, Kamanga made his first class debut, coming on as a replacement in the Vodacom Cup match against the in

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. He made another appearance off the bench the following week against the and then made his first senior start against the in

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, where he found himself on the wrong end of a 49–10 defeat. He was a regular in the squad that played in the

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, starting ten of their twelve matches as they failed to qualify for the semi-finals by finishing in fifth spot. Kamanga joined university side for their

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campaign, where he was the first-choice loosehead prop, playing in all eight of their matches as they reached the semi-final of the competition. He also scored a try against fellow

-based university side . After the Varsity Cup competition, he made one appearance in the

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, playing off the bench in their match against in a 24–11 victory at the UJ Stadium. He had another season of

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rugby with in

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, making a total of 7 appearances. After UJ finished a lowly seventh to qualify for the

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, Kamanga featured in a further match, scoring a late try as they secured a 42–8 victory over to remain in the Varsity Cup competition for 2015.

Griquas

Kamanga didn't feature in UJ's 2015 campaign, instead opting to move to

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where he signed a contract with for the 2015 season.

References

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