Yaw Osei Penxe (born 3 April 1997) is a South African rugby union player currently playing for the in the Pro14. He usually plays as a winger.

Rugby career

At high school level, Penxe represented Border twice at the premier high schools rugby union tournament in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week. He played for a Border Country Districts team at the 2014 tournament held in Middelburg, Mpumalanga and – after a spell playing for Kirkham Grammar School in Lancashire in England as part of a schools exchange programme at the end of 2014 – for the Border team at the 2015 event in Stellenbosch. After matriculating in Queenstown, Penxe moved to

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to join the academy. He was amongst a large contingent of youngsters that were included in the squad for the

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series. He was named on the bench for their fourth match of the season against Namibian side the in Windhoek and made his first class debut in the 22nd minute of the match when he replaced the injured

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. He helped EP Kings win the match 31–18, their first victory of the season. He made another appearance as a replacement in their 10–50 loss to a fortnight later and was named on the bench for their match against a , but wasn't used during their 35–all draw. After those two Currie Cup appearances, Penxe joined the team for their

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campaign. He scored his first try at this level shortly after half-time in the match, helping his side to a 30–17 victory.

Athletics

At school, Penxe also took part in athletics, competing in events such as the

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and the triple jump at high school and provincial level.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Penxe, Yaw South African rugby union players Living people Xhosa people 1997 births Sportspeople from Queenstown, South Africa Rugby union wings Eastern Province Elephants players Southern Kings players Sharks (rugby union) players Sharks (Currie Cup) players Rugby union players from the Eastern Cape