Tonderai Chavhanga
| Date of birth | 24 December 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Masvingo, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (13 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Prince Edward School, Harare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of the Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Wing | ||
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| Youth Career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Free State Cheetahs | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2003–2004 | Free State Cheetahs | 3 | (5) |
| 2004–2009 | Stormers | 37 | (70) |
| 2005–2009 | Western Province | 40 | (80) |
| 2010–2011 | Lions | 11 | (10) |
| 2010–2011 | Golden Lions | 8 | (5) |
| 2011–2013 | Newport Gwent Dragons | 28 | (50) |
| 2013 | Free State Cheetahs | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Sharks (Currie Cup) | 16 | (20) |
| 2014–2015 | Sharks | 5 | (5) |
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Correct as of 8 May 2015
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2003 | South Africa Under-21 | 3 | (10) |
| 2003 | South Africa Sevens | () | |
| 2005–2008 | South Africa | 4 | (30) |
| 2007 | Emerging Springboks | 2 | (10) |
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Correct as of 25 March 2015
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Tonderai Chavhanga (born 24 December 1983 in Masvingo, Zimbabwe) is a South African rugby union player. Chavhanga has played for the national team, the Springboks, having been capped four times.
He played for the Stormers in the international Super Rugby competition. Tonderai Chavhanga left Cape Town in 2010 after he signed a two-year contract with the Lions in September 2009.
Chavhanga made his international debut for the Springboks as a 21-year-old on 11 June 2005 on the right wing, in a home game against Uruguay at the Basil Kenyon Stadium in East London. The Springboks notched up a large victory, winning 134 points to three. Chavhanga scored six tries in the match and now holds the South African record for the most number of tries scored in one game. He missed the end of year touring matches, because of a quad muscle injury.
He was selected as part of the Springboks squad to tour New Zealand and Australia. He was on the bench for the game against the All Blacks in Christchurch.
He could run the 100 meters in 10.27 seconds, possibly making him the fastest rugby player in South African history.
In September 2011 Chavhanga joined Welsh regional side Newport Gwent Dragons. He was released by Newport Gwent Dragons at the end of the 2012–2013 season.
He returned to South Africa and was included in the Free State Cheetahs squad for the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division season.
He was raised by his mother, who had a strong influence on his religious views. His mother worked in construction and built the house in which he grew up. Although poor his mother supported him financially and was the biggest influence on him. His father played very little role in his life, as he remarried and was uninvolved in his up bringing. Chavhanga attended Prince Edward School in Zimbabwe on a scholarship. He was the youngest player in the history of the school to play for the school's first team.
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