Lwazi Ncedo Mvovo (born 3 June 1986) is a retired South African professional

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player. He played for the Springboks, the in

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and in the

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as well as the in the Rugby Challenge.Sharks Profile
He was schooled at Maria Louw High School. His debut for the Sharks was on 27 June 2008 against Boland in

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. In the 2010

tournament Lwazi Mvovo was the second highest try scorer with twelve tries. In the Super Rugby competition, he tied for the second highest try scorer, with six. In October 2010, Mvovo was selected to the South African squad of 39 players to prepare for the November tour of Europe. He made his Springboks debut on 20 November 2010 in the 21–17 loss to Scotland at

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. Mvovo scored his first international try against England, at Twickenham on Saturday 27 November 2010, in a 21–11 victory. Mvovo made his Tri Nations debut in a 39–20 defeat against the Australia in Sydney on 23 July 2011. He then appeared against New Zealand in Wellington as number 11. He retired on 4 February 2021 at the age of 34.

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Lwazi Mvovo
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