Tendai Mtawarira

Tendai Mtawarira
Mtawarira in 2008
Full nameTendai Mtawarira
Born (1985-08-01) 1 August 1985
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb)
SchoolChurchill School
Peterhouse Boys' School
OccupationRugby union player
Rugby union career
Position Loosehead Prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020 Old Glory DC 2 (0)
Correct as of 5 December 2022
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2006–2012 Sharks XV 9 (0)
2010 Sharks Invitational XV 1 (0)
2006–2013 Natal Sharks 37 (15)
Correct as of 7 July 2019
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007–2019 Sharks 159 (30)
Correct as of 7 July 2019
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008–2019 South Africa (tests) 117 (10)
2010 South Africa (tour) 1 (0)
2014–2015 Springboks 2 (0)
2016 Springbok XV 1 (0)
Correct as of 3 November 2019
Medal record
Men's Rugby union
Representing  South Africa
Rugby World Cup
2019 Japan Squad
2015 England Squad

Tendai Mtawarira (born 1 August 1985) is a Zimbabwean-South African retired professional rugby union player who last played for Old Glory DC in Major League Rugby and previously for the South Africa national team and the Sharks in Super Rugby. He was born in Zimbabwe and qualified for South Africa on residency grounds, before later acquiring South African citizenship. Mtawarira, a prop, is known by the nickname Beast.

Mtawarira made his debut for South Africa against Wales on 14 June 2008. With 117 caps, he is the most capped prop in South African history and the fourth most capped Springbok of all time behind Eben Etzebeth, Victor Matfield and Bryan Habana.

With his 117 caps, Mtawarira is the 17th most capped international forward of all time and the 6th most capped prop of all time. He is also a 2019 Rugby World Cup Winner.

He owns a security company in South Africa and a community-based organisation known as The Beast Foundation.