Date of birth | 31 January 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | King William's Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 12 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Selborne College, East London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lungelo Gosa (born 31 January 1995) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Border Bulldogs of the Currie Cup First Division for 2021 season. [1] His regular position is fly-half or fullback.
Gosa was born in King William's Town 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. [2] He was selected to represent his local provincial union, the Border Bulldogs twice at schoolboy level; he played for them at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2011, as well as at the Under-18 Craven Week tournament in 2013, where he scored a try against Namibia [3] and kicked seven points against the Boland Cavaliers. [4]
After high school, Gosa concentrated on playing rugby sevens. He represented the South Africa Sevens Academy team at several international tournaments in 2014, [5] [6] 2015 [7] and 2016 [8] – and was also named in an extended training squad for the team as they prepared for the 2016 Summer Olympics [9] – 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 Johannesburg-based Golden Lions's Under-21 team in the Under-21 Provincial Championship.
In August 2016, Gosa was contracted by the cash-strapped Eastern Province Kings for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division. [10] He made his first class debut by coming on as a replacement in their match against the Boland Cavaliers, scoring his first senior points within ten minutes of his debut by converting a Johann Tromp try. [11] After two more appearances off the bench against the Blue Bulls [12] and Western Province, [13] he made his first senior start as the fly-half in their midweek match against Griquas, kicking seven points in his side's 24–47 defeat. [14] He started as a fullback in their defeat to the Sharks [15] 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. [16]
Gosa moved to Potchefstroom to join the Leopards for the 2017 season.
In addition to rugby, Gosa also played hockey at high school level [5] and represented Border at cricket at Under-19 level. [17]