Makazole Mapimpi re-signs with the Sharks until 2025
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Makazole Mapimpi has signed a new deal that will keep him with the Sharks until 2025.
Don’t blink or you’ll miss him! The lightning fast Makazole Mapimpi has re-signed with us until 2025🔥#OurSharksForever #BackOnTheDottedLine pic.twitter.com/ToSo8pvY11
— The Sharks (@SharksRugby) May 18, 2022
Mapimpi made his test debut for the Springboks on 2 June 2018 against Wales in Washington, D.C. at the age of 27.
His next test would game in August and by the end of 2018 he had four test caps to his name.
Again, his try tally with the Sharks was far less impressive than with the Kings and Cheetahs but he did manage to dot down five times in 16 appearances in 2019 and retained his place in the Springboks squad. He played three tests for the Springboks ahead of the Rugby World Cup, including a start in the draw in Wellington against the All Blacks and was retained in the squad for the tournament in Japan.
He went on to become the first Springbok to score a try in a Rugby World Cup Final after a lovely move down the blindside in the 74th minute saw Mapimpi sprint down the touchline and put in an excellent kick for Lukhanyo Am, who assisted Mapimpi for the score. South Africa would win the final beating England 12-32.
