Sino Nyoka

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Sino Nyoka
Personal information
Full name Sinoyuvo Nyoka
Nickname Snake
Born (1990-08-07) 7 August 1990 (age 33)
King William's Town, South Africa
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 78 kg (12 st 4 lb)
School(s) attended Dale College
Club information
Playing position Scrum-half
Current club Falcons
Youth career
2006–10 Border Bulldogs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Pts)
2010–13 Border Bulldogs 49 (10)
2014–15 Pumas 15 (5)
2014 Falcons 1 (0)
2015 Griffons 6 (0)
2016– Falcons 0 (0)
Representative team(s)
2008 S.A. Schools ()
2013 South Africa President's XV 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 23 March 2016.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 17 June 2013.

Sinoyuvo 'Snake' Nyoka (born 7 August 1990) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing for the Falcons.[1] His regular position is scrum-half.

Career

Youth

He represented the Border Bulldogs at Under-16 level at the 2006 Grant Khomo Week and at Under-18 level at the 2007 Academy Week and Craven Week competitions, as well as the 2008 Craven Week tournament. He was then included in an Under-18 Elite squad and also made the S.A. Schools side in 2008. He also played for them in the 2010 Under-21 Provincial Championship competition.

Border Bulldogs

His first class debut came in the 2010 Vodacom Cup, when he made his debut against the Sharks.[2] He quickly established himself as a regular for the senior side and represented Border in both the Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup competitions since 2010.

Pumas

He joined the Pumas for the 2014 season.[3]

He was a member of the Pumas side that won the Vodacom Cup for the first time in 2015, beating Western Province 24–7 in the final.[4] Nyoka made five appearances during the season, scoring one try.

Representative rugby

In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup[5] and won the tournament after winning all three matches.[6]

References

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