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Fhumulani Wiseman Kamanga (born 14 November 1991 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, who most recently played provincial rugby withGriquas. His regular position is loosehead prop.
Career
Youth / Golden Lions / UJ
Kamanga was selected to a number ofGolden Lions youth sides during his high school years at Hoërskool Marais Viljoen in Alberton; he represented them at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week tournament in 2007, at the Under-18 Academy Week tournament in 2008 and at the Under-18 Craven Week tournament in 2009.
He joined the Golden Lions' academy in 2010 and played for theGolden Lions U19 side in the Under-19 Provincial Championship of that year. He was included in a training squad for the South Africa Under-20 squad prior to the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship, but missed out on selection for the final squad.
In March 2012, Kamanga made his first class debut, coming on as a replacement in theGolden Lions Vodacom Cup match against theLeopards in Potchefstroom. He made another appearance off the bench the following week against theFalcons and then made his first senior start against theBlue Bulls in Pretoria, where he found himself on the wrong end of a 49–10 defeat.
He was a regular in theGolden Lions U21 squad that played in the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship, starting ten of their twelve matches as they failed to qualify for the semi-finals by finishing in fifth spot.
Kamanga joined university sideUJ for their 2013 Varsity Cup campaign, where he was the first-choice loosehead prop, playing in all eight of their matches as they reached the semi-final of the competition. He also scored a try against fellow Johannesburg-based university sideWits. After the Varsity Cup competition, he made one appearance in the 2013 Vodacom Cup, playing off the bench in their match againstGriquas in a 24–11 victory at the UJ Stadium.
He had another season of Varsity Cup rugby withUJ in 2014, making a total of 7 appearances. After UJ finished a lowly seventh to qualify for the relegation play-offs, Kamanga featured in a further match, scoring a late try as they secured a 42–8 victory overUKZN Impi to remain in the Varsity Cup competition for 2015.
Griquas
Kamanga didn't feature in UJ's 2015 campaign, instead opting to move to Kimberley where he signed a contract withGriquas for the 2015 season.
