Jamba Ulengo

Jamba Ulengo

Personal information
Full name	Jamba Isaac Ulengo
Born	7 January 1990 Vryburg, South Africa
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
School(s) attended	Hoërskool Jim Fouché, Bloemfontein
University	University of the Free State
Club information
Playing position	Winger
Current club	Bulls / Blue Bulls
Youth career
2005–2011	Free State Cheetahs
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2010–2012	UFS Shimlas	18	(55)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2012	Free State XV	1	(0)
2014–present	Blue Bulls	31	(115)
2015–present	Bulls	10	(25)
Representative team(s)^‡
2012–2014	South Africa Sevens		()
2016	Springbok XV	1	(0)
2016	South Africa	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 25 October 2016. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 26 November 2016.

Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  South Africa
World Games
	2013 Cali	Team

Jamba Isaac Ulengo (born 7 January 1990 in Vryburg, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Bulls.^[1] His regular position is wing.

Career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

He was chosen to represent the Free State at various youth levels while he was a scholar at Hoërskool Jim Fouché in Bloemfontein; in 2005 and 2006, he played at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week tournaments, in 2007 he played at the Under-18 Academy Week tournament and in 2008 he played at the Under-18 Craven Week tournament. He continued to play for the Bloemfontein-based side after school too, playing for the Free State U19 side in the 2009 Under-19 Provincial Championship and for the Free State U21 side in the 2010 and 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championships, scoring twelve tries during those two seasons, which included a hat-trick against the Falcons U21 in 2011.^[2]

He also played Varsity Cup rugby for the UFS Shimlas between 2010 and 2012, scoring eleven tries in eighteen appearances over the three seasons.

Free State Cheetahs

Despite his long-standing involvement with the Free State youth sides, he made just a single appearance for the senior side. This appearance – his first class debut – came during the 2012 Vodacom Cup competition when he started in the Free State XV's 36–22 defeat to the Eastern Province Kings in Port Elizabeth.^[3] He was included in the Free State Cheetahs squad for the 2012 Currie Cup Premier Division, but didn't make any appearances for them.

Sevens

Ulengo was a prominent member of the South Africa Sevens since making his debut for them in the Scotland leg of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series.^[4] He played for them in the two final tournaments of that season and then signed a two-year contract with the South African Rugby Union to represent them in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 series.^[5] While he only competed at four events in his first full season, he was involved in seven of the tournaments in his second season. He also helped South Africa win the gold medal at the 2013 World Games.

Bulls

Ulengo made his return to the 15-man version of the sport, signing a contract to play Currie Cup rugby for Pretoria-based side the Blue Bulls in 2014 and for their Super Rugby franchise, the Bulls, from the 2015 Super Rugby season.^[6]

References

1. "SA Rugby Player Profile – Jamba Ulengo". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
2. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Valke 7-95 Free State". South African Rugby Union. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
3. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Eastern Province Kings 36-22 Toyota Free State XV". South African Rugby Union. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
4. "Treu vertrou op jonges om Blitse op koers te kry" (in Afrikaans). Beeld. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
5. "Snyman en Ulengo skuif vyftienman-drome opsy vir sewes" (in Afrikaans). Volksblad. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
6. "Bulls snap up Sevens star". SuperSport. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.