Tango Balekile rugby player
Tango Balekile rugby player

Tango Balekile

7th Mar 1996 1.83m/103kg Hooker

Having moved to Port Elizabeth from East London, Balekile joined the Eastern Province Kings academy, where he was included in the Eastern Province U19 squad that competed in Group A of the 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship.

He then firmly established himself as their first-choice hooker, helping Eastern Province win eleven of their twelve matches to finish top of the log and to qualify for a home semi-final that year.

2016 saw him play for university side NMMU Madibaz in the Varsity Cup competition before getting included in a South Africa Under-20 training squad in March 2016.

(LS April 24, 2017)

Career

sa South Africa U20's
Hooker
2016 - 2016
NMMU_Madibaz NMMU Madibaz
Hooker
2017 - 2023
image Southern Kings
Hooker
2017 - 2023
steval-pumas-logo Pumas
Hooker
2023 - 2024